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view at the Botanic Gardens and some notes on them may prove 

 of interest. Both were females trapped at S'tiawan in Perak. 

 The biggest and evidently the oldest measured 4 feet 8 inches 

 at the shoulder with a length of 7 feet 4 inches to the root of 

 the tail which was 22 inches long. The hide is covered every- 

 where with stiff black hairs, longest on the ears. In both the 

 front horn was very short, a mere conical process, and the only 

 trace of the second horn was a small rough plate in the older 

 one and even that was absent in the second one. The animals 

 were both of a quiet and inoffensive disposition, allowing them- 

 selves to be stroked and patted and readily fed from the hand 

 although they had been quite recently caught. They ate sweet 

 potatoes, sugar cane, champedak, fruits and leaves, and the 

 leaves of the Mahang Putih (Macaranga Ju/poleuca) and various 

 species of Ficus especially the Waringin (Ficus Bevjamina), 

 and when they wanted food call for it with a kind of whistle or 

 squeak much out of proportion to the size of the animal. They 

 made no other noise except by snorting now and then but in the 

 forests, what I suppose to be the same species makes a loud 

 neighing sound. These animals in captivity are very quiet for 

 most of the day remaining immersed in a wallow of liquid mud 

 and thickly coated with it after the manner of a buffalo. During 

 the evening and night they are much more active roaming up 

 and down the enclosure. They drink remarkably slowly and 

 only a small quantity at a time, eat very large quantities of food, 

 and pass the excreta always in exactly the same spot and almost 

 always at night as the tapir does. TT N R 



In Memoriam. 



Dr. N. B. Dennys. 



The death of Dr. Dennys in Hongkong on Dec. 10th, 1900, 

 will be deeply regretted by all who knew him, and as one of the 

 first members of the Society, all must deeply deplore the loss of 

 one who did so much for the Society in its earlier days. A short 

 notice of his life has appeared in the North Borneo Herald from 

 which I take a few facts as to his history. Nicholas Belfield 



