Alfred Russel Wallace 



mountain, in a little hut built by our men, and I got some 

 fine new butterflies there and hundreds of other new and 

 rare insects. We had only rice and a little fish and tea, 

 but came home quite well. The height of the mountain is 

 about 4,000 feet. . . . Elephants and rhinoceroses, as well 

 as tigers, are abundant there, but we had our usual bad 

 luck in not seeing any of them. 



On returning to Malacca I found the accumulations 

 of two or three posts, a dozen letters and fifty news- 

 papers. . . . 



I am glad to be safe in Singapore with my collections, 

 as from here they can be insured. I have now a fort- 

 night's work to arrange, examine, and pack them, and 

 then in four months hence there will be some work for 

 Mr. Stevens. 



Sir James Brooke is here. I have called on him. He 

 received me most cordially, and offered me every assistance 

 at Sarawak. I shall go there next, as the missionary does 

 not go to Cambodia for some months. Besides, I shall have 

 some pleasant society at Sarawak, and shall get on in Malay, 

 which is very easy, but I have had no practice — though still 

 I can ask for most common things. My books and instru- 

 ments arrived in beautiful condition. They looked as if 

 they had been packed up but a day. Not so the unfortunate 

 eatables. . . . —I remain your affectionate son, 



Alfred E. Wallace. 



To G. Silk 



Singapore. October 15, 1854. 



Dear G., — To-morrow I sail for Sarawak. Sir J. Brooke 

 has given me a letter to his nephew, Capt. Brooke, to make 

 me at home till he arrives, which may be a month, perhaps. 

 I look forward with much interest to see what he has done 



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