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&m young, hut Pitliemis raandi13^llaris is larsolis larvatus at this 

 season hare young which appear at least a month old. Yesterday 

 evening at Bianaet a band of Pithecus raandibularis v/ere rooetin^j in 

 s tree at tl« water's edge and out of the lot which consisted of 

 not more than a dozen monkeys, six had yom^ ones cling ii^ to them, 

 nearly, if not all species of monkeys like to sleep in trees at tte 

 hanks of rirerB or in fact, any body of water, even along tae border 

 of the sea among the nepa palms and ?f£ingroves. 



During this morning the r/eatlier vms fine md clear; most of 

 the afternoon rainy; evening clear and moonlight* 



May 8, 1914. 



Suj^igfd. Djainbajan & Samarinda. 



Before daylight I started down stream in the canoe with Ah 

 Sing and Ibut; four hoiirs' paddling' brought us to the native ¥.;,.llag 

 at the mouth of the river, then we waited about an hour for tlie 

 Btem launch, on its way to SatnariaSa from Tenggarung. Heach Bm." 

 arinda about 1:00 P.M.; find my rmil at lir. <^raj'3 office. 'Talk 

 to Mr. iiray about putting- a centre-board in boat, call at 01- 

 meyer's house and at the florneo-Samatra Go's office, return to 

 Kampong Djamtejan after uark and sleep in a sraall Chinese toko. 



Forenoon clear, afternoon rainy, evening clear and raoonlight. 



May 9, 1914. 



Sungai i> ja rata n . 



leave the mouth of the river at daybreak and reach "Lembue" 

 about ten o'clock. 



Si)end the afternoon huntii^, mostly in the swamp and get a 

 bird with the blowpipe, and a fine large pig with the gun. 



In the traps, find tno rats, entirely spoiled and a Supaia and 



