CHAPTER V

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To the Nicobars--A Tide-race--A Change of Scene-- Sawi Bay--Geological Formation--V. Solomon--M[=u]s Village--Living-houses--Kitchens--Fruit-trees--The Natives--Headman Offandi--"Town-Halls"--Death-house-- Maternity Houses--Hospitals--Floods--"Babies' Houses"-- Birds--Oil Press--Canoes--Offandi--"Friend of England"-- "Frank Thomson"--"Little John"--Thirst for Information-- Natives' Nick-names--Mission School Boys' Work--A Truant-- The Advantage of Canoes--A Spill--Our Method of Landing-- Collecting Native Birds--A New Bat--Coconuts--V. Solomon-- The Nicobarese and Christianity--Water--Area of Kar Nicobar--Geology--Flora--Supplies.