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summer in its belly, in autumn in its left paw, in winter in its right 
paw. About its heart there is a white fat like jade, the taste of 
which is extremely fine; this is usually called ‘ Bear’s white. In 
winter the Bear lies torpid and does not eat. When hungry it licks 
its own paws, and thence the goodness in the paws. 
“The Gazetteer of Kiungchowfoo says that Hainan produces Pig- 
bears, Dog-bears, Horse-bears, and Man-bears, alike in the body but 
differimg in the head. Horse-bears are very large. Man-bears are 
not often seen. 
“The old authors say that the Bear has great strength and is 
given to devouring children, The Le men attack and capture them, 
a whole tribe uniting in the attack. Where Bears are plentiful the 
place has no peace. The gall-bladder is of a transparent colour, like 
rice-grains, and if stuck through with grass-stalks and put into water 
the best kinds will spin round quite fast. These are good for dis- 
solving all poisons.” 
12. Tue Musk-rat. Sorex myosurus, Pall. 
The Musk-rat was common in the houses in the capital city, and 
I was often disturbed in my room at night by its clinking note. It 
is found in all the large towns in South China and Formosa, being 
transported about in junks with the cargo. 
13. Swinnor’s Wuare. Balenoptera swinhoii, J. E. Gray, 
P. Z. S. 1865, p. 725. 
I had heard much of the Whale-fisheries in the Hainan seas, and 
was in hopes that we should see some of the operations in connexion 
with them; but the season had passed. We saw, however, one or 
two large Whales off the west coast of Hainan. We made inquiries 
about their bones at every fishing-port we touched at, but only suc- 
ceeded in getting one rib, which is now in the British Museum. It 
was the only remnant of a Whale that had been captured by some 
fishermen on the west coast of Hainan. The oil of the animal 
had been melted down, the flesh eaten, and the rest of the bones 
chopped up for manure. 
This large Chinese Rorqual appears to spend its winter in the seas 
about Hainan and in the Gulf of Tonquin. It must there produce 
its young; for in May it is seen with its calf in the Namoa Straits 
(near the port of Swatow), and remains in that neighbourhood and 
about the Formosan channel till the north-easters set in at the end 
of October, when it wends south-westwards again. 
A good account of the pursuit and capture of this species is given 
in the ‘Chinese Repository’ of November 1843, Art. IV., “ Notices 
of the Whale Fishery in the Chinese Seas, as conducted by the in- 
habitants of the coasts.” 
14. Rep-BeLiiep Squirre. Sciurus castaneiventris, Gray, 
Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. 1843, p. 142. 
S. erythreus, Pall.; Swinh. Mamm. of Formosa, P. Z. 8.1862, p.11. 
Length of body, from snout to root of tail, 73 inches; length of 
