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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. y8 



tery. At hotels and boarding houses, to be on the safe side, the 

 Europeans usually drink "Apollinaris " to such an extent that it is 

 called by the natives, "Ayer Blanda," or white man's water. 



In the department of natural history the natives are quite observant. 

 Their nomenclature is fairly complete. They possess generic and 

 specific names, the descriptive names being numerous and often a 

 source of error. They class all the larger Felidai under the generic 

 name harimau, and the smaller under the name kuching. They then 

 designate them by distinct descriptive names. They give the gen- 



FiG. 67. — A typical coffee planter's Iningalow, Sumatra. Kaba VVetan Coffee 

 Plantation, where tlie mosquito is uni<nown. See text. ( Photograph by 

 Kellers.) 



eric name ntsa to the larger deer. They apply one name to the 

 tapir and rhinoceros, namely, hodak. All of the squirrels are grouped 

 under the name fupai. All rats and mice ai"e known as tockus, except 

 the bamboo rat, which is called dkan. The frogs and toads are 

 classed together under one name, kodak. The names of snakes are 

 confusing as all are called ular^ the specific names being unsatisfactory 

 froin a scientific standpoint. 



The tiger is the most feared of the mammals, although statistics 

 show that crocodiles claim a larger total of victims. In the native 

 legends and folk-lore, the men inhabiting the Korinchi district of 

 Sumatra have the power of transforming themselves into tigers. 



