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gigantic snakes and crocodiles, of which every one 

 has some tale to relate. A small Cercopitliecus is 

 found in great abundance ; but we were not able to 

 meet with a good drawing, or even a tolerable de 

 scription of it. Skins of Galeopithecus were brought 

 us ; and we were assured that the animal allowed 

 itself to be tamed, and would sit like a monkey, 

 and take its food with the fore-feet. Two kinds of 

 flying dogs, one of them apparently a Pteropus edu- 

 lis, were shot and eaten in the neighbourhood. Two 

 other animals, of the bat kind, belonged to the 

 classes Hypexodon and Nycticejus. A Chelone, three 

 feet long, was brought us, remarkable for seven 

 shields on the middle of its back. Terrapene tri- 

 carinata is abundant. We obtained also a Basili- 

 cwtf, a large Tupinambis, and two Geckos, which do 

 not as yet appear to have been described. Achro- 

 chordus fasciatus lives in the sea, and is frequently 

 brought up in the nets of the fishermen ; on land, 

 it is unable to move from the spot on which it is 

 placed. 



In November and December, the months we 

 passed at Manilla, all the insects had concealed 

 themselves ; and it was only by the assistance of 

 several active Malays, who were all day long hunt 

 ing them, that we were able to collect upwards of 

 two hundred beetles. Upon the whole, the beetle 

 Fauna agrees with that of Java, of which island 

 many have already been made known. A Tricondyla 

 we had ourselves the pleasure of catching on the 



