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rarely, three. They are born in the months of November, Decem- 

 ber, and January, and the sow makes a small underground 

 hole for their reception, lining it with leaves — generally of the 

 Li\dstonia. The young, however, are able to move about on the 

 second day of their existence. We were told that they were of 

 two colours — -nearly black and light brown — and that the female 

 can have young of both these colours just as a sow has black and 

 white pigs, a statement which, if true, is very curious. These 

 colours were said to approximate with age, but the natives spoke 

 of " white " and " black Babiru.sas " even in the adult stage, and 

 the one I have just mentioned was certainly lighter in colour than 

 others we afterwards killed on Lunbe Island. Our hunters also 

 told us that, when assailed by dogs, the animal sometimes ascended 

 the procumbent trunks of trees, and got out upon the large lower 

 branches, — a story which, it is almost needless to say, we entirely 

 disbelieved. A week or two later, however, we ourselves actually 

 saw a Babirusa attempt, though only partially succeed in, this 

 feat, as I shall have occasion presently to relate. 



Chatting over these subjects naturally led us to talk of the 

 Sapi-vitan, — the only other game of any size foimd in the forests of 

 Celebes. It has one calf only, which may be born at any time 

 of the year. Before the teeth are grown the young are reddish 

 yellow in colour, but in the adult the liaLr is brownish black. 

 The horns of "s^ery old males are sometimes as much as two 

 feet in length, and it is said to be possible to distinguish the age 

 by the number of rings at the base. The female also has horns, 

 ]jut they are small, and seldom more than six inches long. 



We spent two or three days at Maim Bay without shooting 

 anything except wild boar, and adding a few species to our collec- 

 tion of birds, and, as it did not appear a particularly good locality, 

 we arranged to return to Likoupang and proceed farther along the 

 coast to a beach where, some years before, Mr. Wallace had succeeded 

 in obtaining many of the Brush-turkeys or Maleos, in search of 

 which we had hitherto been entirelv unsuccessful. On arri\ing at 



