34 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 
MENADO, CELEBES, August 20, 1916. 
I returned to Menado about a week ago from south of Amoerang in the 
mountains where I had made a camp and stayed for about a month. There I 
got a great many rats, including one or possibly two species that I had not 
before seen in Minahassa. Something that you may find interesting is quite 
a good series of shrews of two species, one grey and one black. I am looking 
forward to getting more of these now that I know how to catch them. The 
ones I have were caught by native boys. I have often tried with 
“ Out-o’-sight ” traps to catch these, but without success. To catch them the 
Fic. 36—Mount Sapoetan, an active volcano in central Minahassa, Celebes. 
natives dig a hole about 4 feet deep and three or four feet in diameter and put 
corn in the hole as bait. 
I have decided that a slight change in our plans will probably save time, so 
instead of going from here to Makassar I am going from here to Parigi and 
work southward from there to the Lake of Posso; thence to Palopo. Dr. 
Abbott has written me about the importance of this central part of Celebes 
ethnologically, and from what I have heard from officials here it must be very 
interesting country. 
I think if I use Paloe or Parigi as a base and first make a trip north from 
there I shall have fairly well covered all this northern peninsula. Then I can 
work southward. 
In Minahassa I have been disappointed at not being able to get more bats 
and more large mammals. A short time ago | got a large squirrel about the 
size of a Ratufa which I believe is very rare here. 
