WE STRIKE INLAND 
the Deeanay, but as we broke out into more open 
forest, close to Madui, one could form some idea of its 
rocky magnificence. 
Close to the Deeanay precipice we noted an extraor- 
dinary sight. Under a large tree that rose to a height 
of some 150 feet, were huge mounds, quite five feet 
high, of veritable sawdust, that seemed to proclaim 
the presence of man. On a nearer approach the 
wonder became greater, for the heaps were being con- 
tinually augmented by a constant rain of sawdust of 
different grains, some finer than others. No human 
sawyer, of course, was there, but the tree, to a height 
of at least 100 feet, was riddled by coleopterous larve. 
Several families of these were represented. ‘The tree, 
which was about five feet in diameter, and had a thin 
bark, was, as might be expected, dying. It must have 
possessed some strange attraction, for it was most un- 
usual in New Guinea to find beetles thus congregated. 
The distribution is usually very scattered. The holes 
were probably made at first by small beetles of various 
families, but chiefly anobiadz, followed as a rule by 
brenthide, later probably by longicornie. One species 
follows the other into the same hole, each succeeding 
species bigger than its predecessor. Sometimes the 
lepidoptera make borings, but this sawdust was much 
finer. Only a few living branches remained on the 
tree, which was a mere shell. It was, however, 
so well protected from winds that it still stood. 
Close by we saw a native hut, uninhabited, of very 
rude construction. This point of our journeyings 
is otherwise memorable, for it was here, near a 
creek, that we found some of our finest butterflies— 
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