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beetles (Calandra) are regularly brought to market in bam- 

 boos, and sold for food : and many of the great horned 

 Lamellicorn beetles are slightly roasted on the embers and 

 eaten whenever met with. The superabundance of insect 

 life is therefore turned to some account b} r these islanders. 



Finding that birds were not very numerous, and 

 hearing much of Labuan Tring at the southern extremity 

 of the bay, where there was said to be much uncultivated 

 country and plenty of birds as well as deer and wild 

 pigs, I determined to go there with my two servants, Ali, 

 the Malav lad from Borneo, and Manuel, a Portuguese of 

 Malacca accustomed to bird-skinning. I hired a native 

 boat with outriggers, to take ns with our small quantity 

 of luggage, and a day's rowing and tracking along the 

 shore brought us to the place. 



I had a note of introduction to an Amboynese Malay, 

 and obtained the use of part of his house to live and work 

 in. His name was " Inchi Daud " (Mr. David), and he was 

 very civil ; but his accommodations were limited, and he 

 could only give me part of his reception-room. This was 

 the front part of a bamboo house (reached by a ladder of 

 about six rounds very wide apart), and having a beautiful 

 view over the. bay. However, I soon made what arrange- 

 ments were possible, and then set to work. The country 

 around was pretty and novel to me, consisting of abrupt 

 volcanic hills enclosing fiat valleys or open plains. The 



