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later, it is l>c?lievecl, be followed by the visitation of a setaii in 

 th»? fnnii ofa sickness or misfortune. If a setan be supimed to 

 reiiiile in any spot, not an individual will be foaud bravo 

 oiiinifjli to a[)proach it, bowevor great profit might accrue to 

 tiie veiitiireT, 



In these forests I added to my collection mm% of tho fairest 

 of the featherod triht's— oninge niid searlet-crestcd wood|>e*,'lier!i, 

 green bur huts, bliK? and bronze doves, green and scarlet twitter- 

 ing L&ricuU ; and on dead snugs of the lonely outliers large 

 hawl<3 and falcons. Of niammulian aiiimal:^ my most interesting 

 naptiu-e was the Sciuropterm, a flying squirrel with large 

 gentle lemur-Uke eyes, soft fur, and black margined parachute 

 expansions. 



The neigh hourbood of this village I fonnd to be an escellent 

 locality for butterflies; fur there were abundance of paths 

 among second-growth tVirests, many open clumps of flowering 

 shrubs, and hot sandy and pebbly bunks along a hniud and 

 shallow stream unobstructed by bushes^ sunny corners, and 

 sluuly nooks innumerable. Almost every walk I took is 

 indelibly and moat delightfully memorable by the finding of 

 some gay or remarkable form. Especially numerons were 

 those interesting species, which have the gift of the slipp^r^ of 

 in visibility to rescue tlicm in dangerous moments. Frequent- 

 ing the dense thicketfl they would flit out into more open 

 sputa, displaying for a few seconds the rich brilliancy of tho 

 cobalt of thi) upper sides of their wings, then settling either 

 on a dry leaf, or more commonly on the ground among lallen 

 foliage and twigs, whose eobjur, exactly niatehing their closed 

 wings, concealed them beyond ])owcr of defection. Of these 

 1 ohtained Amathusia amtthjstm^ Cwlites epiminthiaf C. eupty- 

 i^hioidea and Murfftela castehiauL 



Few butterflies can compare with another of my captures 

 here, the Amhhjpodia mmolpm, the upper sides of whose 

 wings are of the most sparkling emerald. A less brilliant but 

 very chaste species of Cyrmtes (C ^riande7') fell also to my 

 lot only al^er great diftieulty, for it loves the dense thickets, 

 flitting with short flights from the under side of one leaf to 

 tho under side of another, where, spreading itself flat out, it 

 disappears and is not easy to tind. If with my hunters I 

 sat down for a rest in an open sunny spot after a hot chase, we 



