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of North Polynesia. The Papuan type will represent the 

 remnant of the aborigines, while those of the Bugis 

 character show the extension northward of the superior 

 Malay races. 



As I was wasting valuable time at Panghu owing to the 

 bad weather and the illness of my hunters, I returned to 

 Menado after a stay of three weeks. Here I had a little 

 touch of fever, and what with drying and packing away 

 my collections and getting fresh servants, it was a fortnight 

 before I was again ready to start. I now went eastward 

 over an undulating country skirting the great volcano of 

 Klabat, to a village called Lempias, situated close to the 

 extensive forest that covers the lower slopes of that moun- 

 tain. My baggage was carried from village to village by 

 relays of men, and as each change involved some delay, I 

 did not reach my destination (a distance of eighteen miles) 

 till sunset. I was wet through, and had to wait for an 

 hour in an uncomfortable state till the first instalment of 

 my baggage arrived, which luckily contained my clothes, 

 while the rest did not come in till midnight. 



This being the district inhabited by that singular animal 

 the Babirusa (Hog-deer) I inquired about skulls, and soon 

 obtained several in tolerable condition, as well as a fine one 

 of the rare and curious " Sapi-utan " (Anoa depressicornis). 

 Of this animal I had seen two living specimens at Menado, 

 and was surprised at their great resemblance to small 





