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bent sunlight like a million of diamonds. Here alone are found 

 the birds of paradise, those gorgeous plumaged warblers whose 

 coats seem fresh with the glory of heaven, or a thousand rain- 

 bows. On every side the eye is charmed with scenes of nature 

 more delectable than a shifting kaleidoscope ; in short, it is a 

 region of pure delight, so far as the sight can measure it, but yet 

 not wholly free from lurking dangers, which seem to be added 

 by beneficent design, in order that the eye might not weary by 

 gazing always on the beautiful. 



A FLYING FROG. 



OF the many wonderful things which Mr. Wallace describes as 

 having seen during his visits to the several islands, one of the 



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most remarkable is a flying frog, which he found in Borneo. 

 This is a most curious reptile, lives among the trees, and in its 

 habits is not wholly unlike our common flying squirrel, for its 

 food is very similar and its mode of flight almost identical. The 

 body is about four or five inches long and of a deep shimering 

 green color, the under surface and the inner toes yellow, while 

 the webs are black rayed with yellow. The webs of each hind 

 foot, when expanded, cover a surface of four square inches, the 

 webs of all feet together about twelve square inches, and its body 

 is capable of considerable inflation. It literally flies with its feet, 

 very much like the action of swimming. 



HUNTING THE ORANG-UTAN. 



MR. WALLACE spent much of his time in Borneo hunting the 

 great man ape Orang-Utan specimens of which he was anx- 

 ious to obtain for his friend, Charles Darwin, and the British 

 Museum. This animal is found in great numbers in some parts 

 of Borneo, but to enable him to be more successful in the hunt 

 Mr. Wallace employed some Dyaks (natives) to accompany him, 

 as they were familiar with the habits of the animal. 



On the first day's hunt two medium -sized orang-utans which 

 are called mias by the natives were killed, and a small baby 

 one captured. It was so young that, as a substitute for milk, 

 Wallace fed it on rice-water and sugar ; but though it ate heartily 



