202 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



The present Governor of Labuan, A. Hamilton, Esq., (late 

 Lieutenant R. N.) came for a six weeks' sporting trip with us on 

 board the " Egeria " : and we made several excursions together in 

 ship's boats, houseboats, and canoes : visiting the famous Segama, 

 Suan Lamba, and Segalind rivers from Elopura ; but besides tracks, 

 and numerous " cow-pat " droppings, and hearing them trumpet 

 and break away thro' the forest, we got little or no reward for 

 our labours. 



Watching an old clearing at sunrise or sunset, is the only chance 

 of sighting them. As many as forty to fifty elephants have been 

 counted in one herd. 



A double 8-bore, spherical ball, driven with four drams of No. 4 

 C. & H, would do the trick; and the ordinary i2-bore act as second 

 gun : choke or no choke. c'est egat ! Personally, I prefer an 

 Express, although in these thick coverts one never gets a shot much 

 beyond thirty yards. 



With reference to the rhinoceros I remember once landing 

 abreast Pulo Gaya, on the mainland, and suddenly disturbing some 

 large heavy animal hidden by the long sword grass, close down to 

 the shore. It had been taking a mud-bath, and the impressions 

 therein, and the impressions also of its spoor which I sketched, 

 (after following it up in a hopeless attempt to get a shot), proved it 

 to be a rhinoceros. To verify this, I collected a sample of the 

 droppings, wrapped them in a dock leaf, and conveyed them on 



