Then he took a closer look at them. They were small men, well-built, frizzy-haired, and black. They were naked except for narrow belts that circled their waists. And they were holding spears, bows, and arrows which they had begun waving in a manner that seemed not altogether friendly. Not long after this, a wireless operator at the Regent Shipping Company's offices in Hong Kong received an urgent distress call from the Primrose's captain, asking for an immediate airdrop of firearms so that his crew could defend itself. "Wild men, estimate more than 50, carrying various home-made weapons are making two or three wooden boats," the message read. "Worrying they will board us at sunset. All crew members' lives not guaranteed."

This is a really interesing 16,000 word essay which details almost everything known about a populatin of people who live on an island in the Indian Ocean.

Fascinating people. Thank you. Saving clip to complete reading at leisure. If memory serves me correctly other than the the Khoi/San (Bushmen) of Southern Africa they are the only people whose fat reserves are stored in their buttocks region. I think there was a clip about a 'prophesy' that saved the ((Andaman)) islanders from that awful tsunami of a few years ago - they moved to higher ground before it occurred.