414 CELEBES. [chap. xvn. 



The climate here was quite different to that on the 

 mountains, not a drop of rain having fallen for four 

 months ; so I made arrangements to stay on the heach a 

 week, in order to secure a good numher of specimens. 

 We went partly by boat and partly through the forest, 

 accompanied by the Major or head-man of Licoupang, with 

 a dozen natives and about twenty dogs. On the way they 

 caught a young Sapi-utan and five wild pigs. Of the 

 former I preserved the head. This animal is entirely 

 confined to the remote mountain forests of Celebes and 

 one or two adjacent islands which form part of the same 

 group. In the adults the head is black, with a white mark 

 over each eye, one on each cheek and another on the 

 throat. The horns are very smooth and sharp when 

 young, but become thicker and ridged at the bottom with 

 age. Most naturalists consider this curious animal to be 

 a small ox, but from the character of the horns, the fine 

 coat of hair and the descending dewlap, it seemed closely 

 to approach the antelopes. 



Arrived at our destination we built a hut and prepared 

 for a stay of some days, I to shoot and skin "Maleos," 

 Mr. Goldmann and the Major to hunt wild pigs, Babirusa, 

 and Sapi-utan. The place is situated in the large bay 

 between the islands of Limbe and Banca, and consists of a 

 steep beach more than a mile in length, of deep loose and 

 coarse black volcanic sand or rather gravel, very fatiguing 



