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undulations in certain parts, as in the neighbourhood of 

 Government House, and at the north pai-t of the island, 

 which redeem the general tameness of its surface. One 

 circumstance, which is not without its advantages, is, that 

 there are no wild animals which are liable to pounce upon 

 the unwary wanderer in the woods, armed perhaps with no 

 more deadly weapon than a butterfly-net. The largest 

 quadruped here is a pig, wild and black, but harmless, and 

 keeping as much as may be out of sight. I rarely indeed 

 met with them, although they no doubt abound, and on the 

 mainland attain a very considerable size, standing from 3 

 feet to 3 feet 6 inches high, and, when wounded, being very 

 savage and highly dangerous. 



The jungle of Labuan abounds also in monkeys, which 

 are all, however, of small size, and ornamented with long 

 tails. A walk can scarcely be talcen in the woods without 

 meeting some of these animals leaping about in the trees, 

 and chattering at the intruder. Not unfrequently they boldly 

 leave the jungle and approach the houses, probably for the 

 sake of finding something edible in the gardens ; and the 

 first I saw was from a verandah, looking across a plot of 

 grass which overhung the sea-beach. The Klings pay them 

 religious honours ; and one belonging to an officer of the 

 gamson, having escaped, and defied every effort at capture, 

 it became necessary to shoot it, as it amused itself by de- 

 stroying the attap roof of the house. The Sepoys begged the 

 body, and having received it, they dressed it up, and having 

 paid it burial honours, concluded the farce by burning the 

 carcass upon a funeral pile. 



None of the larger, or tailless species, occur upon the 

 island, although upon the adjacent mainland some species 

 are not uncommon. The red orang or Mias (Simla satjTus) 



