CHAPTER XI 



ANIMAL LIFE OF THE SHORES: VISIT TO 

 A TURTLE ISLAND 



BESIDES the last described expeditions, a number of 

 others to different parts of Sarawak were made for 

 collecting purposes, among which were trips to the 

 mountains Matang and Santubong. 



Mt. Matang, which is only a few miles from 

 Kuching and easily accessible, was visited on several 

 occasions ; there are two comfortable bungalows on 

 the mountain, so that collecting could be carried on 

 with all the comforts that civilization affords. Mt. 

 Santubong, situated at one of the two mouths of 

 the Sarawak River, was also a favourite hunting- 

 ground of mine, but I never succeeded in getting 

 to the top of this mountain, as it was very steep 

 towards the summit in fact, almost sheer. The fauna 

 of these two mountains, in spite of their proximity, 

 presented well-marked and constant differences ; thus 

 some species occurring commonly on one mountain 

 would not be found on the other. There are many 

 analogies between insular and mountain faunas, for 

 tracts of low-lying land intervening between isolated 

 mountains are almost as effective barriers to the free 



