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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Very small mark on cover page. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The ancient and medieval Andamans have had no historians of note to write interesting tales and narratives about them It is very difficult to find a complete and accurate account of these Islands that is really authentic. Practically all that has been written about them are the scattered Government Reports and a few books that have been published at widely separated inter- vals so that their history is more or less shrouded in mystery. As a result gossip has woven some very sensational stories about the Andamans and facts about the place have been very much distorted. The generality of persons quite naturally have accepted as true such exaggerated statements as “A curious mixture of dense forests wild beats cannibals and convicts of the very worst type moaning in agony in their dungeons”. Such accounts have of course poisoned the public mind and if these Islands are looked upon with horror all over the country it is hardly to be wondered at.