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bills (B. rkinocerousj were frequently seen, and we obtained 

 one good specimen. The Malays and Jakuns brought us many 

 specimens of the beautiful little mouse deer ftragulusj, 2 spe- 

 cies, and several small Jelidai which they had caught in traps. 



After remaining a week at Batu, wherein we devoted our 

 entire time to collecting mammals, we packed up our elephant 

 skeleton and other specimens, and sent them down to Klang by 

 the river, while we returned to Kwala Lumpor. We visited 

 one of the tin miues, and the Captian China very kindly gave 

 me a pikul of specimen tin ore of various qualities from several 

 different mines. He also entertained us very hospitably 

 indeed, and showed us every courtesy and kindness. We then 

 returned to Damasara, and just as we were taking the boat to 

 go down to Klang, we were somewhat startled at hearing the 

 clear musical trumpet-note of an elephant in the jungle close 

 to the police station. Elephant-hunting in Selangor can never 

 be anything else than the hardest of hard work, owing to the 

 density of the jungles and the depth of the mud and water 

 through which every elephant trail is sure to lead. For the 

 same reason it is unsually dangerous also. 



At the end of the six weeks I packed up a goodly 

 collection, consisting of the skins and skeletons of mammals 

 and crocodiles, reptiles and fishes in spirits, rocks, minerals, 

 <&c, aud took my departure for Singapore, highly gratified 

 with what I had seen and accomplished, and with the kind and 

 hospitable treatment I had received from all the European 

 Officers of the Government. 



It is beyond the scope of these notes to attempt giving 

 even an outline of the general Natural History of Slolangor 

 and I shall confine myself to that branch to which I paid 

 particular attention, viz., Mammals. Since my visit to that 

 country, my friend Mr. Syers has collected and cent me a 

 goodly number of mammals, of which several species are new 

 in my Sclangor collection. I present herewith a list of such 

 species as I hf.ve now in that collection, and I also include 

 certain others of which I have seen either skins or live ani- 

 mals in Selangor. To my certain knowledge the species enu- 

 merated below are found, having been either "collected" or 

 '•observed. " Of course there are many other mammals which 

 could have been met with in a longer stay, and will, in due 

 time, be added by other observers to the following list. 



