APPENDIX A AVERAGE WIND AND WEATHER IN THE ANDAMANS October Variable wind and weather; water-spouts. November The first half of the month the same as October, afterwards N.E. monsoon and little rain. A cyclone is almost certain to occur in November. Fresh N.E. monsoon; fairly cool. Cool and pleasant; N.E. winds; nights sometimes foggy. Cool and pleasant; very clear; light airs. Hot by day, cool nights, light airs; occasional haze. Very hot; calm and hazy. S.W. monsoon sets in about the 15th. January August September . Rain every day, S.W. winds. -Bay of Bengal Pilot, 1892, . S.W. monsoon; cool, squally. APPENDIX B PRINCIPAL FOREST TREES OF THE ANDAMANS BURSERACEA Garuga pinnata, R. Chisocheton grandiflorus, Kz. Walsura hypoleuca, K. Carapa moluccensis, Lamk. Salacia prinoides, D. C. Zizyphus Jujuba, Lamk. Erioglossum edule, Bl. Mangifera sylvatica, R. Parishia insignis, Hk. f. Semecarpus heterophylla, Bl. Spondias mangifera, Willd. Dracontomelum mangiferum, Bl. LEGUMINOSÆ Erythrina indica, Lamk. Dalbergia latifolia, R. Pterocarpus indicus, Willd. Pongamia glabra, Vent. |