Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

CHAPTER X.

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THE NICOBAR ISLANDS.

Historical details respecting this Archipelago.--Arrival at Kar-Nicobar.--Communication with the Aborigines.--Village of Sáoui and "Captain John."--Meet with two white men.--Journey to the south side of the Island.--Village of Komios.--Forest Scenery.--Batte-Malve.--Tillangschong.--Arrival and stay at Nangkauri Harbour.--Village of Itoe.--Peak Mongkata on Kamorta.-- Villages of Enuang and Malacca.--Tripjet, the first settlement of the Moravian Brothers.--Ulàla Cove.--Voyage through the Archipelago.--The Island of Treis.--Pulo Miù.--Pandanus Forest.-- St. George's Channel.--Island of Kondul.--Departure for the northern coast of Great Nicobar.--Mangrove Swamp.--Malay traders.--Remarks upon the natives of Great Nicobar.--Disaster to a boat dispatched to make Geodetical observations.--Visit to the Southern Bay of Great Nicobar.--General results obtained during the stay of the Expedition in this Archipelago.-- Nautical, Climatic, and Geognostic observations.--Vegetation.-- Animal Life.--Ethnography.--Prospects of this group of Islands in the way of settlement and cultivation.--Voyage to the Straits of Malacca.--Arrival at Singapore. 1