120 BRITISH BORNEO. 
peans desirous of engaging in sport as in the countries 
named.* 
A little} Malay bear occurs in Borneo, but is not often met 
with, and is not a formidable animal. 
My readers all know that Borneo is the home of the Orang- 
utan or Muzas, as_it is called by the natives. N _ better 
description of the animal could be desired than that given by 
WALLACE inhis ‘‘ Malay Archipelago.” There is an excellent 
picture of a young one in the second volume of Dr. GUILLE- 
MARD’S “ Cruise of the Marchesa.” Another curious monkey, 
common in mangrove swamps, is the long-nosed ape, or Paka- 
tan, which possesses a fleshy probosis some three inches 
long. It is difficult to tame, and does not live long in cap- 
tivity. 
As in Sumatra, which Borneo much resembles in its fauna and 
flora, the peacock is absent, and its place taken by the Argus 
pheasant. Other handsome pheasants are the /vreback and 
the Bulwer pheasants, the latter so named after Governor 
Sir HENRY BULWER, who took the first specimen home in 
1874. These pheasants do not rise in the jungle and are, 
therefore, uninteresting to the Borneo sportsman. ‘They are 
frequently trapped by the natives. There are many kinds of 
pigeons, which afford good sport. Snipe occur, but not plen- 
tifully. Curlew are numerous in some localities, but very 
wild. The small China quail are abundant on cleared spaces, 
as also is the painted plover, but cleared spaces in Borneo 
are somewhat few and far between. So much for sport in the 
new Colony. 
Let me conclude my paper by quoting the motto of the 
British North Borneo Company—Fergo et perago—I under- 
* Dr. GUILLEMARD in his fascinating book, ‘‘ The Cruise of the Marchesa,” 
states, that two Eng'ish officers, both of them well-known sportsmen, devoted 
four months to big game shooting in British North Borneo and returned to 
Hongkong entirely unsuccessful. Dr. GuILLEMARD was misinformed. The 
officers were not more than a week in the country on their way to Hongkong 
from Singapore and Sarawak, and did not devote their time to sport. Some 
other of the author’s remarks concerning British North Borneo are somewhat 
incorrect and appear to have been based on information derived from a preju- 
diced source. 
