408 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



sea. On tlie way we met the controleur superintend- 

 ing tlie construction of a bridge, for tlie officials in 

 tliese small places have to plan buildings and bridges 

 and be at the same time judges, architects, and ma- 

 sons. The residence of this officer was located on a 

 hill rising on one side of the small valley. , It was 

 nicely shaded, and commanded a view over the ad- 

 joining lowlands, which were all sawas. At this 

 place I saw some of the beautiful little musk-deer of 

 this region — a deer that is only about a foot and a 

 half high, without antlers, and weighs less than a 

 rabbit. 



There were more than a dozen monkeys in the 

 backyard. Some of them were of the dog-like species, 

 others with Ions; tails and lono; limbs. Some of them 

 were extremely restless, while others sat still and 

 looked so grave and dignified as to be more comical 

 than their mischievous companions. There are ten 

 species on this island, none of which are found in 

 Java, while the four species of Java are never seen 

 here, such a limit does the Strait of Sunda form to 

 the faunae of these two islands, although it is only 

 fifteen miles wide in some places, and islands are 

 nearly midway from either shore. The most remark- 

 able of the apes found on the island is the orang-utan, 

 which lives in the lowlands in the northern and east- 

 ern parts of the island. The governor at Padang 

 had a live one that had been sent him from that 

 region. She was more than three feet high and very 

 strong. Escaping one time fi*om the box where she 

 was fastened, she climbed a neighboring shade-tree 

 and commenced breaking off large limbs and placing 



