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About The Book : The book deals with the following topics: General Description of the Andaman Archipelago; Savage Character of the Inhabitants; The Great Andaman; The Middle Andaman; The South Andaman; The Little Andaman Sighted; Brief Notices of some of the Early Discoverers of this Group; Narrative of two Mohammedan Travellers in the Ninth Century, Their Absurd De- scription of the Natives; General Belief that the Inhabitants of the Andamans were Cannibals; Mysterious Fate of the Crew of a Ship wrecked on the Coast; Andaman Expeditions against the Nicobar Islands; Capture and Captivity of an Andaman Boy; Expedition under the Command of Captain Blair of the Indian Navy; His Survey of the Great Andaman; His Report addressed to the Marquis Cornwallis; Selection of a Convict Settlement; The Coral Reefs; General Accuracy of Captain Blair's Survey; His Speculations as to the Origin of the Natives and their Peculiar Character; Colonel Colebrooke's Account of the Andamans; Discovery of one of his Manuscript Journals; Visit to Chatham Island; Constant Hostility of the Natives; Colonel Colebrooke's Paper in the Asiatic Researches; Occasional Notices; Account of the Andamans in the Calcutta "Monthly Register"; Port Cornwallis visited by Colonel Syme; Exaggerated Reports of the Climate ; Port Cornwallis appointed the place of Ren- dezvous for the Fleet and Army in the First Burmese War; Reported Discovery of Gold ; Death of Dr. Heifer; Peril of Two Troop Ships ; Works on the Andamans; Occasion of the Present Work .