86 JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO PAHANG. 
Onthe evening of Tuesday, the 20th, I accompanied His 
Excellency across the river, landing a few miles above Pekan. 
The country here was flat, the soil sandy, and everywhere 
covered with bushes, and fringed with secondary jungle. 
Here the green pigeon (O. vernans) was very numerous, 
flying overhead, in parties of five to ten or more, back and 
forwards between the clumps of jungle. The best bird 
I obtained while at Pekan was a specimen of Raffles hawk 
owl (Af/inox scutulata). ‘This bird had flown into the room 
the night before our arrival, and had been captured by Mr. 
OWEN. It had died during the night, and had been thrown 
away, but on hearing about it, I searched and found it. It 
was not injured as to its plumage, and has made a very fine 
specimen, the only one we at present have in the Museum. 
I obtained specimens of all the butterflies and other insects 
that I possibly could, but, as before mentioned, they were 
all of the common forms obtainable on the western side of 
Peninsula. , 
At 3.30 P.M. on Wednesday, the 21st, we left Pekan; and 
arrived off Tringganu early next morning. A delay occurred 
in landing, as a Dato had to be sent ashore to make arrange- 
ments for the reception of His Excellency the Goverdom 
After breakfast we started, and on landing at the town Mr. 
RIDLEY and | started at once to look for collecting ground. 
The only bit of likely ground in sight was the hill on which 
the fort was placed, but we were not allowed to ascend this, 
so we crossed the river and landed on a narrow spit of sand, 
sparsely covered with vegetation, which consisted chiefly of 
the Madagascar perriwinkle. Though apparently fair ground 
for botanizing, it yielded nothing zoologically. All I got was a 
rare butterfly (Papzlvo clytia) and a number of small bivalves 
that had been left stranded on the beach. 
The town of Tringganu is very thickly populated, the num- 
ber of women and children being remarkable. The women 
there and at Kelantan are not shy, and mingle freely with 
the men. Atasmall market that was being held, the sales 
were being conducted by women. I noticed in several places 
in the town large quantities of salted limes put out in the 
