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Of course, we could only examine those within our reach, but there is 

 no telling how high the worms clamber. One kadaka, from which we 

 obtained specimens, was growing far out on an overhanging branch 

 about nine feet from the ground. 



We got individuals from the kadakas, ranging from five to twenty 

 inches in length, but always young, never with a well-developed 

 clitellum, and my guide assured me that one never finds old worms 

 in the kadakas. " Kalau k'chil ada di-kadaka, kalau besar masok 

 di-tana : " when small they live in the kadakas, when large they go 

 into the ground. We did, however, obtain specimens without 

 a clitellum in the ground, but not with a clitellum in the kadakas. 

 Another singular fact in connection with those individuals which 

 were obtained from the kadakas was that they never exuded the 

 viscous fluid through the dorsal pores, but, strangely enough, squirted 

 out a fluid, sometimes with great force, through the mouth. I 

 repeatedly observed this. The very small ones did not exude any 

 fluid. Both in the ground and in the kadakas the "tjatjing sondari" 

 are accompanied by a common small species. 



From the waxy contents of the tuber-like excrescences of 

 Balanophora, which is very common on the Gedeh, the natives manu- 

 facture effective candles, or, more correctly, small torches, by 

 plastering the viscous substance in an even layer, about one-eighth of 

 an inch thick, round a long thin slip of bamboo. It is interesting 

 to observe the manifold uses to which the natives put all kinds of 

 plants. 



On another occasion we came across the nest of a species of the 

 lizard Calotes, containing four eggs. Under ordinary circumstances 

 the Calotes is of a bright green colour, but one put into my 

 pocket emerged a dark brown. The nest consisted of a hole in the 

 ground, two to three inches in depth and nearly two inches in 

 diameter. My guide had seen the lizard making this nest some three 

 days previously, and on opening the eggs I found the young embryos 

 to be at the corresponding stage of development, with the heart 

 beating. This was another welcome proof of the trustworthiness of 

 the native. 



On the faces of rocks near Tjibodas I found a quantity of small 

 caterpillars living on the powdery alga, which makes greenish-white 

 patches on the rocks. The caterpillars had so completely covered 

 themselves with the alga as to be only discernible by their move- 

 ments on close inspection, and their disguise must effectually protect 

 them from foes. 



The name " djambilong " is applied both to large black fresh- 

 water leeches and to Bipalium. I did not obtain any of the latter, 

 although it is known to occur here. 



On returning to Batavia, I enjoyed the hospitality of the British 

 Consul, Mr. Rushton Lankester, for a few days, and finally left by 

 the " Liibeck " on November 25. 



