(/) Bentau and Tanjou!^' Pcnan<„' — 



Places on the soutli baulc uf tli.- [i-liani cHtuarv. nt 

 eacli of which we liad oiu' nij^lit's tnlpI)in^,^ wN-urinjf 

 spechnons of Mva /r/oxs/ and Mha i'IIIohum. The whole 

 of the district has been devastated \>y piue-applo 

 growers and no old jungle could be roatMied ; 



(g) Tanjoug Gomok, S. Johore — 



West of Pulo Ubin, on the north bank of the Johon- 

 Straits. This locality is only of interest on account 

 of the presence of 8c. v. mlniahiif. 



(IV.) E. Johore : 



(n) Lenian Point — 



A small rocky knoll, projecting from an cxtmHive 

 sandy beach, whiih is frin;4<'d with ajiano\\ grove <)t 

 casuariuas and ba(;ked with a swamp so thorny a« to 

 be almost impenetrable. The locality, of which we 

 had great hopes, proved most di.sappoiutiiig and 

 yielded nothing but squirrels and a few rat.>4. (tante. 

 however, was abundant, and the fresli tracks of deer 

 and tiger were much in evidence during the thnv or 

 lowx days we remained at anchor off the point. The 

 village hard by had been deserted owinir to the nivagen 

 of bears : 



(h) Sibu Island— 



An island almut 4 miles long and 500 feet IukIi, ulwut 

 4 miles off the shore oi)posite Lenian P«»int : tho 

 intermediate depth ])eing under 10 fathoms. We 

 spent one night here and .secure.l a series of yfu» 

 rattm, which, we wore told, was tlie only maninuil .m 

 the island ; 



(c) Tiuggi Island — 



A loftv island, 5 miles by 2:' . and alx.ut 2.n(j(» f.vt high. 

 7 or 8 miles north-east of Sibu Tshnul. and junt 

 inside the 15-fathom line. It is inhal^it.-^l by ft fe*r 

 "orang laut" of nuxed Jakun and Malay ori«in. ami 

 has several large coconut groves on it. With tho 

 exception of a few hours spent on it by one of uh id 

 1906 it had never been collected on an.l it wft* hoped 

 mi^-ht vield species as interesting as its n.-igbUnin. 

 Tioman and Aor. Such was not the cav. howcvor. 

 and the collections were most uninteiv.tn.u'. .oiiMst. 

 iu- merelv of yiaeaca fa^dcuhri^, « •q«»rri-l of 

 peluu.uhn'is type: Mus concolor; and a ( y^opten,,. 

 which is pioV>ably C. uw,>tano,. 

 A mouse deer is said to exist but it is very rare an. .he 

 existence of anv other species i9 demed by he uatite*. 

 Even the planiain squiin-l was exm^liugly m-nrr.-. 



