А TRIP TO MT. PENRISSEN, SARAWAK. Я. 
ble. At this station the hunters had erected a long lean-to 
on the side of the hill, and from it we had a most magnificent 
view of the country below us right dowa to the sea, fifty miles 
way. „Unfortunately at this altitude our view was too 
nenti interrupted by fog and cloud, which generally swept 
up towards the middle of the day, and obscured everything till 
nightfall. From this station we made various expeditions round 
and about. Birds and mammals were extremely scarce, and 
the insects did not differ very markedly from those to be caught 
on the plateau; as, moreover, I had obtained alive several speci- 
mens of the fly-larva, Vermi'eo sp C) * we decided to return to 
our original and comfortable quarte 
We descended on the 24th, and ‘tion then hs the 30th lived 
а calm and uneventful life; our mornings from 
nearly noon were spent in tramping DE the le hunting 
for birds, reptiles, insects, in fact, everything that had life in it; 
the afternoons in skinning, pinning out insects, bottling and 
labelling spirit specimens, and the other thousand and one duties 
which make a collector's life a busy one. An early dinner with 
bed to с completed Ше day. 
The return journey to Sennah was much like the first, save 
that it was Mi ag bm in one day, one little incident only 
perhaps is worthy of note :—as we neared the foot of the mountain 
опг carriers Suc fenis i es e. a small tree, which to our eyes 
presented no particular features of interest; however, loads 
were thrown aside in a hurry and a rush made for the tree, 
which was quickly hacked down and split up, and from number- 
less burrows in wood, hundreds of a peculiarly scented, 
pinkish larva were extrac No adul pupee fac 
when boiled are considered a great delicacy by the natives of 
the district. ‘They certainly looked much more appetising than 
the fat white grubs of the big coconut beetle which these 
people also devour with great gusto. 
rom Sennah we proceeded straight on to Pankalan 
Ampat, and after waiting a few days for boats and to collect 
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* See this Journal for description of the habits of this curious larva. 
