INTRODUCTION 3 



along almost in the shadow of its great volcanic mountains, and 

 then, crossing the northern entrance of the Malacca Straits, 

 anchored once more in the harbour of Penang. 



At Klang, in Selangor, we stopped a night to visit the museum 

 at Kwala Lumpor, and were passed by the Ophir and her consorts 

 as they steamed to Singapore ; which place we ourselves reached, 

 after a slow passage down the coast, on the 27th of April 1901, thus 

 bringing the cruise to an end. 



The day's programme during the voyage was simple. We rose 

 before 5 a.m. ; and after a hurried chota Jiazri^ rowed ashore the 

 moment it grew at all light. The next five hours were passed 

 collecting in the jungle ; and then returning on board, after a bath, 

 change, and breakfast, the preservation of specimens went on until 

 two o'clock ; next came tea, then more work until about 3 P.M., 

 when we once more rowed ashore and sought for fresh material 

 until darkness set in. Then after another bath and change came 

 dinner, and by the time the second batch of specimens was dis- 

 posed of, we were quite ready for mattress and pillow on deck ; for 

 unless it rained we never slept below. The development of 

 photographs often kept me up till midnight, since they had to be 

 manipulated in a small pantry which could only be thoroughly 

 darkened after sunset. I have seldom been in a warmer place. 



Some consideration should be given to the provisioning of a 

 boat when cruising away from regular supplies for health is 

 largely dependent on this point. 



For so long as flour will keep good it is pleasant to have fresh 

 bread, but experience on this and other cruises is that it gets full 

 of weevils after three months in a small boat. While tinned 

 provisions and bottled fruits are very well for a time, one rapidly 

 tires of them, and then there is nothing like the old stand-bys 

 of salt beef and pork, ship's biscuits, rice, etc. Potatoes and onions 

 will keep well for six months, and " sauerkraut," or Chinese 

 preserved greens, are useful articles. Many of the birds shot for 

 specimens — on this cruise, megapodes, pigeons, and whimbrel — 

 form welcome additions to the table, and one gets occasionally 

 wild pig and deer ; while even of such unorthodox animals as 



