Indian Antiquary Vol 59

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
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MAKCH, 1930
presents and food as they could carry. They had taken with them all the beads, most of the red cloth, one set of earthenware cooking pots, all the cocoanuts, and as much food as they could carry, and would doubtless return with their men for the remainder of the things. We then returned to Dumlachôrag and proceeded to Port Anson and went outside and salved a teak log and a numbered padouk square, which were stranded on the West Coast of the Middle Andamanas. Stayed the night at Port Anson.
13th March.-Left Port Anson at G A.M.. and steamed down to Shoal Bay. Anchored 1 little way up Shoal Bay Creek at 10 A.m., and proceeded in a boat to Jatang. Returned to Shoal Bay on the ebbing tide and dropped down to Duratâng, where we anchored for the night. Inspected the Andamanese Home.
14th March.--Steamed down to the mouth of the Pirij Creek in the early morning. Found Daniel and three Andamanese and three sepoys of the Military Police. They had boen hunting for the threo Burmese runaways, who had attacked the self-supporters near Kalatång not long before, but they had failod to catch them. They had come across two places where they had camped, 'but state that they skilfully mix their trail with those of the self-supporters and convicts working in the forest, and that in consequence they had elnded pursuit.
Returned to the launch and started for Port Blair. Reached Ross at 12 noon and reported my arrival to the Chief Commissioner.
IV.
List of Jarawu Articles taken by Mr. P. Vaux from the Hunting Camp at Bajálunta on
10th February 1902. 1 Honey pot, empty. 1 Do. with resin and cyrena shells. 1 Do. with honey edibles and prepared bees'-wax. 2 Pottery vessels. 5. Net bags, empty. 1 Do, with 2 packets red ochre in palm leaves and fibres for binding arrows. I Packet honeycomb. 2 Baskets, cane. 2 Andaman adzes, made out of dahs. 1 Basdla, new, of Forest Department marked with34 (broad arrow). Stolen on
22nd November 1901. 1 Bowstring. 2 Bows. 02 Bamboo-shaft and wooden-pointed fish-arrows. 92 Do. iron-pointed fish-arrows.
3 Barbed iron pig-arrows. 16 Barnboo arrow-shafts.
List of Jaralon Articles taken by Mr. C. G. Rogers, from the Hunting Camp at Wibang on
24th February 1902. 6 Honey pots, empty. 1 Do. with fibre. 1 Do. with fibre in honey and child's wooden feeling brush. Ai 5 Andaman adzes, of sizes. 1 Axe, European head, 2 Knife blades made of dahs.