60 REMARKS AND OPINIONS. 



Carpentaria ; the Malays and Chinese, as iar as 

 the coast of New Guinea ; the English have it col- 

 lected in the Pelew islands by sailors left there for 

 the purpose. The Spaniards bring it from the 

 Marianes, and, as it gradually vanishes liom the 

 coasts on which it is sought, they undertake 

 voyages to the Carolinas, of which we shall speak 

 in another place, to discover it. The Trepang ap- 

 pears to be also collected in the Indian Ocean, and 

 epecially on the island of Mauritius, for trade. 

 These Holothuria are particularly found on the 

 coral reefs, where some species are gathered, as at 

 Radack, on tlie beach when the tide is down, 

 whereas others seem to live in deeper water. We 

 have had an opportunity of examining more accu- 

 rately, and of drawing this one species. It is one 

 of the smaller and less valued ; the others resemble 

 it. All real Holothuria may be eaten as Trepang, 

 This precious worm is collected in many places 

 in the Philippine islands. 



The entomological kingdom is rich in these islands. 

 The butterflies, beetles, and bugs are particularly 

 beautiful. A scorpion seems to be the same kind 

 as that met with in the islands of the Great Ocean, 

 and which we also collected in Radack, but we 

 found them much larger here. Termites and mus- 

 quitoes are the torment of the inhabitants. A large 

 Mantis (leaf-fly), which is very frequent in .Manilla, 

 probably gave occasion to Pigafetta's story of the 

 living leaves on a tree in the island of Cimbonbon. 



