Mergui Archipelago

Mergui Archipelago, a group of islands in the Gulf of Bengal, lying off the southern provinces of Burma; they are mountainous, some rising to 3000 feet, of picturesque beauty, and sparsely inhabited by a race called the Selungs, who barter edible birds' nests with the Burmese and Malays for rice and spirits. Caoutchouc abounds. Snakes and tigers, rhinoceros, deer, &c. are plentiful.