xii Preface. 



attacking it in order to see how invariably the ants rushed 

 out in force to repel the intruder. I also noted many- 

 young seedlings both living and dead, but of my own 

 knowledge could scarcely venture so far as to say that 

 the dead ones had succumbed owing to the ants having 

 neglected to bite them ! 



An account of some of the more remarkable of my 

 discoveries and introductions may be found in the Ap- 

 pendix to this volume, p. 339. 



In conclusion, I may be allowed to say that the far 

 interior of Borneo still remains to be explored. It is 

 emphatically a wild land without roads or bridges, and a 

 march right across the island from the north-east to 

 the north-west coast, although a formidable undertaking, 

 would if accomplished reveal much that is at present 

 unknown. 



F. W. B. 



