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ridge, a solitaiy boar was bagged, not apparently in the least perturbed 

 by the explosion of the gun in shooting a hornbill only 70 j^ards away. 

 A flying lemur {Galea pithecus rolans) was observed clinging to the 

 side of a tree, hanging at the full extent of its fore legs with the tail 

 tucked away out of sight, and certainly not head downwards as reported 

 by Blanford. This specimen was a beautiful soft grey in colour, and 

 when disturbed the parachute was seen to be a dark brown. It floated 

 away to the base of a tree, and flopped up the trunk in a most ungainly 

 way. When hanging on the trunk of a tree it has the appearance of a 

 jiear-shaped excrescence, and finding itself observed would impprcen- 

 tibly sidle round the trunk. At 900 metres a monitor (Vnrn.v.us 

 iiehulosas) was shot while eating a lizard of the genus Galotes, and 

 aflbrderl a pleasant change in a daily diet of dried pig, the flesh having 

 the appearance of fish and a taste resembling chicken. 



Work on this ridge being completed, on the 18th July camp 

 was shifted down to the stream, the sick men being pushed and rolled 

 down, and tha treatment apparently did them good for none died. 

 Making these men as comfortable as possible and putting the cons 

 valescents in charge, the following day 1 climbed a ridge of 1,000 metre- 

 to the North, taking with xw^ 4 days rice, and water for one night. The 

 first day on the. ridge was fine and a considerable amount of work was 

 completed, but on the following day, shifting camp again northwards 

 along the ridge, the clouds never lifced for more than three or four 

 minutes at a time, several hours being wasted searching for a Trig, 

 point near which 1 wished to camp. During the search, an immense 

 solitary boar was shot, standing 33 inches at the shoulder. This beast 

 was very fat and estimated to weigh about 300 lbs. ()nly one testicle 

 had dropped. The tusks were fair, being about 9 inches in length. 



This ridge was broader than usual, and running water was 

 obtained only 50 metres below the summit. During the next twelve 

 days the climatic conditions were not pleasant. The mountains on the 

 Tennasserim side, to the West, being of low elevation, the full force of 

 the monsoon whistled through the trees, driving clouds and mist 

 through the camp, and the tree tops were usually invisible. Mosses 

 and orchis flourished on the firewood, and did not wither till actually 

 licked by the flames. Land leeches paraded about the kitchen, and a 

 small blood-sucking fly left peculiar blood spots beneath the skin on 

 exposed parts of the body. The fly attacked the bare legs of the coolies, 



