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Only four days afterwards some Dyaks saw another 

 Mias near the same place, and came to tell me. We found 

 it to be a rather large one, very high up on a tall tree. 

 At the second shot it fell rolling over, but almost imme- 

 diately got up again and began to climb. At a third shot 

 it fell dead. This was also a full-grown female, and while 

 preparing to carry it home, we found a young one face 

 downwards in the bog. This little creature was only about 

 a foot long, and had evidently been hanging to its mother 

 when she first fell. Luckily it did not appear to have 

 been wounded, and after we had cleaned the mud out of 

 its mouth it began to cry out, and seemed quite strong and 

 active. While carrying it home it got its hands in my 

 beard, and grasped so tightly that I had great difficulty in 

 getting free, for the fingers are habitually bent inwards at 

 the last joint so as to form complete hooks. At this time 

 it had not a single tooth, but a few days afterwards it cut 

 its two lower front teeth. Unfortunately, I had no milk 

 to give it, as neither Malays Chinese nor Dyaks ever use 

 the article, and I in vain inquired for any female animal 

 that could suckle my little infant. I was therefore obliged 

 to give it rice-water from a bottle with a quill in the 

 cork, which after a few trials it learned to suck very well. 

 This was very meagre diet, and the little creature did not 

 thrive well on it, although I added sugar and cocoa-nut 

 milk occasionally, to make it more nourishing. When 



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