[80] Native name = Láful.
| Nicobarese. | Shom Peṅ. | |
|---|---|---|
| Spear, | nuit, | allai. |
| Finger, | bewait, | noité. |
| Pandanus fruit, | larūm, | munkuang. |
[82] "The coast natives, man for man, are superior to the Shom Peṅ, and regard themselves so both physically and mentally. I have known of a lot of the latter (estimated at about 20) attacking a coast hut in which there were only two men. On these showing resistance and wounding a couple of the Shom Peṅ with wooden spears, thrown from inside the hut, the latter fled, carrying away the two wounded men. I have never heard of Shom Peṅ venturing to attack the coast people unless they were in superior numbers and could take them by surprise,"—writes Mr E. H. Man, however.
[83] Halcyon pileata, conspicuous by its white-tipped wings, was very common on the river, and the calls of one or two birds not elsewhere obtained, were distinguished. Numbers of fish were seen in the shallows, and sometimes a snake swimming from bank to bank was to be observed.
[84] This was the estimated area before Col. Hobday's survey of 1883-5.
[85] "Juru," Andamanese = Sea.
[86] The absence of this tree has doubtless had as much to do with the isolation in which the aborigines have lived as the hostility of the latter, for the islands produce little else than rattans and trepang—which would necessitate arduous collecting—to induce native traders to visit them.
[87] Comparatively few.
[88] The Malay Archipelago, p. 9.