Excerpt from Beyond the Black Waters: A TaleA kind of mysterious pall seems to hang over the isles beyond the Black Waters. The convicts are under Government protection and Government control, nor can there be communication with them (at any rate with those confined in jail) without Government permission. The criminals are not treated harshly, the place of their exile is fruitful and fair. Nature smiles upon the An daman Islands, it is man, guilty man, who seems to have forgotten how to smile.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.