CHAPTER I

THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS 167

Position--Soundings--Relationship--Islands--Area--Great Andaman Mountains--Little Andaman--Rivers--Coral Banks-- Scenery--Harbours--Timber--Flora--Climate--Cyclones-- Geology--Minerals--Subsidence--Earthquakes--History-- Aborigines--Convicts and the Penal System--Growth and Resources of the Settlement--Products and Manufactures.