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CHAPTER II. 



BOUNEO. 



Arrive at Sarawak Gigantic Orthoptera Remarkable Insects 

 Curious habit of a Beetle Prevalence of certain tribes of Insects 

 Butterflies Insects used as Ornaments A splendid Glow- 

 worm Instincts of Spiders Singular Forms of Habits of 

 The Close-eyed Gudgeon The Fighting-fish of Siam The 

 Organ-fish Curious Blenny Thunder Storm Tree struck by 

 Lightning A Man killed The Crocodile Nondescript Plant 

 Habits of the Musang The Slow-paced Lemur The Wou-Wou 

 The Flying Fox The Pitcher Plant Forest Scenery Exuberant 

 Vegetation Aspect of the Woods by Day Their appearance at 

 Eve Nocturnal chorus of Animals Night Alarms Gigantic 

 Lizard Beautiful Tree-Snake Enormous Cobra Capture of a 

 Python Adventure with a Snake Changeable Lizard The 

 ' Toke 'The Chichak The Grass Lizard The Bingkaron 

 The Fringed Gecko The Flying Dragon. 



FROM the 19th to the 20th of June we remained at 

 Singapore, but as we made that busy Emporium of the 

 East a recruiting port on four separate occasions, I shall, 

 at present, refrain from offering any remarks on the 

 natural history of that important little island, nor need 

 I here detail our proceedings in Borneo, nor expatiate on 

 the disaster that there awaited our good ship, as all that 



