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previous period, as at the head of the small bay on the north side. Macacus cynornolgus 

 was the only monkey seen. There is no lotong (Presbytia). The ratufa is probably 

 fairly common, as I frequently heard it. I only actually saw the three which were 

 shot. I thought I saw and heard Nannosciurus on one occasion, but am not certain. 

 There is no napu or large tragulus. No deer occurs; no otter tracks seen; and the 

 tangalunga trapped was the only musang seen. The small Hipposideros was very 

 common, flying about in the daytime; the larger one was less common. There were 

 several other species of bats flying about in the forest in daylight, but I failed to 

 secure any. No Rhinolophus were seen. Another musang is said to occur and also 

 a red flying squirrel. Pigs were plentiful. All those noticed upon the beach seemed 

 to be males. We did not once see a small one out of two or three dozen individuals. 

 Possibly the old males appropriate the beaches and reefs, which are the best feeding 

 grounds, and drive away intruders. The pigs were all very lean and gaunt. Up to 

 the present there are no inhabitants, although there are many durians, mangos, and 

 chempadak. We heard that some Karimata people propose to come in July, 1907, 

 and form plantations. 



Pulo Pelapis, May 29-June 1, 1907. Pelapis, a group of four islands, lies 3^ miles 

 southwest of Panebangan and 17 miles from Karimata. The islands are all hilly and 

 rocky and covered with forest. The highest point is about 1,200 feet. The total area 

 is about 5,000 acres. South Island (also called Pelapis Tengah) is the largest and is 

 nearly 2| miles long. All collecting was done upon this island. Some years ago some 

 Malays and Karimata people settled upon South Island and farmed some plantations 

 of coconuts, etc., but three years ago an epidemic broke out, many died and the rest 

 of the settlers fled, and to-day scarce a trace of human occupancy can be seen. Besides 

 the animals obtained, the flying lemur and the common long-tailed macaque occur. 

 No tragulus, no musangs, or no ratufas occur. The pigs come out upon the sand 

 beaches and reefs at low tide, and can be shot without much difficulty. Bats were 

 flying about in the forest on Pelapis, but not nearly so many as upon Panebangan. 

 None were obtained. 



Karimata Islands, Telok Edar, Karimata Island, October 4-7, 1908. (First visited 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott in 1905.) 



Pulo Juanta, September 10-11, 1907. Pulo Juanta is a small island, 6^ miles 

 from the mainland, about 1 kilometer long by \ wide. It is about 300 feet high. 

 The greater part is covered with heavy forest, but a clearing was made about four 

 years ago and an attempt made to plant coconuts, but nothing could be grown owing 

 to the rats and -pigs. About thirty pigs were killed, but many remained. There are 

 still a few on the island, but I could neither shoot nor trap them. There are no squir- 

 rels on the island. 



Pulo Bauwal, June 12-16, 1908. Pulo Bauwal (or Rendezvous Island) lies near 

 the southwest corner of Borneo. It is about 15 miles from Tanjong Sambar, which 

 is the extreme southwest point. Bauwal is about 6 geographic miles long by 5 in 

 extreme width and contains about 12,000 acres. The strait separating it from the 

 mainland is from 4 to 6 miles wide and 4 to 12 fathoms deep. The island is sur- 

 rounded by wide coral reefs and hard rocks. The island is composed of hard red 

 rock (iron ore?) and is rather low. There are two or three hills, rising to about 300 

 feet to the tops of the trees. The surface is rolling and covered with forest. There 

 is some mangrove swamp. A house, inhabited by Pontianak Malays, is on the east 

 coast, and five houses inhabited by Orang Laut from Karimata were established near 

 the northwest corner about three years ago. The fauna is rather peculiar in that there 

 are no squirrels, traguli, rusa, or pigs. Muntjacs and tangalungas are common. 



Solombo (not shown on map), December 4-G, 1907. The island of Solombo, or 

 Masolombo Besar, is about 4 miles long by about 2 wide. The surface is mostly rather 

 low and rolling, and there is one hill about 250 feet high. The rock seems to be nearly 

 all volcanic, except, of course, the coral around the shore. The island is surrounded 



