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high that we shot them with dust-shot and got a good 

 series, which satisfied us entirely until we found a lot of 

 pupae, which we strung up against the curtains of a vacant 

 stateroom. Here they emerged, and we got perfect speci- 

 mens. 



On to Doreh Bay, Wallace's old headquarters. I sent him 

 photographs of the natives here and he wrote me that he 

 was sorry I had, for he disliked them so. They may not 

 have been friendly to him, but they were to us in 1907, 

 and went with us into the forest. On every fallen log beau- 

 tiful metallic weevils swarmed, just as they had in Wal- 

 lace's day, and we had unbelievably good collecting. I came 

 back to the ship one afternoon, Rosamond having been 

 left on board, and found that she had done something for 

 me which touched me greatly. A native had brought aboard 

 a big green snake about four feet long, hitched by rattan 

 fore and aft to a piece of stick. She purchased the snake 

 for a stick of tobacco and a small mirror and then, feeling 

 that it might get away, opened the top of our big alcohol 

 tank, cut the snake loose from the stick, and herself forced 

 the reptile into the pickle. She firmly believed that the 

 snake was a poisonous one. It was not, but hers was a brave 

 and kindly act, since she loathes snakes as much as most 

 people do. And she had garnered the first specimen of 

 Chondropytho7i viridis, which had certainly never before 

 been collected by an American. 



By an arrangement with the K.P.M. authorities in Sura- 

 baya, we were allowed to delay the itinerary of the Both 

 for a very reasonable indemnity. This, and the fact that 

 Mr. Sedee had much trading to do, gave us a chance to 

 see a good many points of interest along the north coast 



