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own raising. He kindly sent me a bamboo of buffalo- 

 milk every morning ; it was as thick as cream, and re- 

 quired diluting with water to keep it fluid during the day. 

 It mixes very well with tea and coffee, although it has 

 a slight peculiar flavour, which after a time is not dis- 

 agreeable. I also got as much sweet " sagueir " as I liked 

 to drink, and Mr. M. always sent me a piece of each pig- 

 he killed, which with fowls, eggs, and the birds we shot 

 ourselves, and buffalo beef about once a fortnight, kept 

 my larder sufficiently well supplied. 



Every bit of flat land was cleared and used as rice- 

 fields, and on the lower slopes of many of the hills tobacco 

 and vegetables were grown. Most of the slopes are 

 covered with huge blocks of rock, very fatiguing to 

 scramble over, while a number of the hills are so pre- 

 cipitous as to be quite inaccessible. These circumstances, 

 combined with the excessive drought, w 7 ere very unfavour- 

 able for my pursuits. Birds were scarce, and I got but- 

 few new to me. Insects were tolerably plentiful, but 

 unequal. Beetles, usually so numerous and interesting, 

 Avere exceedingly scarce, some of the families being quite 

 absent and others only represented by very minute species. 

 The "Flies and Bees, on the other hand, were abundant, and 

 of these I daily obtained new and interesting species. 

 The rare and beautiful Butterflies of Celebes were the 

 chief object of my. search, and I found many species 



