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(Holothurin spp.) which is extraordinarily abundant in the 

 sandy bays in from three to rive fathoms. 



Besides the species of mammals actually obtained the kra 

 monkey. Macaca irus, is fairly common, while Seimund 

 came across a large specimen of Felts temmincki, feeding on a 

 big hawk. Our orang laid pilot showed us a cranny in the 

 rocks in which this " rimau " regularly bred. Tracks of otter 

 weir also noted in abundance. 



Birds were more numerous than on most of the other 

 smaller islands visited by us. especially green pigeon and the 

 very handsome woodpigeon. Columba punicea. 



KOH Kadan or PULAU Papan. A long, narrow island, 

 about two miles long by a quarter to half a mile broad, about 

 eight miles WNW. of the northern end of Pulau Telibun and 

 about five miles SW. of Pulau Muntia. The island is wooded, 

 about 200 feet high, with a sandy beach on the eastern side but 

 steep-to on the western, with a long reef extending for (our or 

 five miles from its southern extremity. We spent one night 

 only there 7-8th January 1917, and found nothing of any 

 interest, the only mammal being a race of Epimys rattus and 

 the onlv land birds, Crows and Koels (Eudynamis malayana). 



Koh Ryan or Pulau Niok, S'tali and Koh Ngai or 

 Pulau Kuda. Two precipitous limestone islets about five 

 miles due north of Pulau Papan and about four miles west of 

 Pulau Muntia. They are thin clothed with vegetation, the 

 trees being largely species of Ficns. and other epiphytic forms 

 and ;it certain times of the j'ear are said to be frequented by 

 myriads of White Imperial Pigeon (Myristicivera bicolor) though 

 at the time of our visit in January the only land birds on them 

 were swallows (Hirundo javanica) and species of Collocalia and 

 Cypselus. Pulau Kuda h nvever was inhabited by enormous 

 numbers of a small species of Pteropus which hung in clusters 

 to the cracks in the vertical cliffs and to the branches of the 

 small stunted trees growing therefrom. 



Pulau Lontar. A large island about sixteen miles long 

 bv four miles wide, situate between latitude y c 29' and 7 44' 

 N. and Longitude 99 2' and 99° 7' E. On the western side 

 it is steep to. but on the east there are plains of considerable 

 extent. In the middle it is divided by a shallow strait broadly 

 bordered with mangrove. In the centre the land rises to a 

 considerable altitude, certainly over a thousand feet, and is 

 covered with jungle, which however has been much cut out for 

 temporary cultivations. 



The population is considerable, mainly Samsams/.c of mixed 

 Malay-Siamese stock with a strong infusion of ornng laid. We 

 spent a few days anchored off the principal village, a place of 

 some size with numerous Chinese shops, known as Pa«ir 

 Raja. The coast however in this vicinity is fronted by a broad 

 bank of very soft mud which is only passable at half tide by 

 small boats,' though a jetty some three hundred yards in 

 length traverses part of it. 



