I am not prepared to state what species are to 

 be foiind in Oojong Salang. As 1 have traced ^ 

 different species of birds up oearly to the lati- 

 tude of the island, the result of my researches 

 has led me to the conclusion that very little vari- 

 ety ID the animal creation oblaios within the li- 

 mits assigned to this work, and the whole of the 

 Natural History of the Peninsula, as far as it 

 may be in my power to detail it, will be repre- \ 

 sented in one chapter exclusively deyoted to the 

 piirpose. 



1 may, however^ mention that the shores of 

 Oojong Sahmg yield abundance of shell-fish, 

 amongst which may be enumerated the pearl 

 oyster, the common oyster, the hammer oyster, 

 the common crab, the king crab, muscles, 

 painted shells, and, though las^t both in order and 

 appeatance, yet holding a high rank not only 

 ill commerce but also in the estimation of the 

 epicure, the sea slug, or Biclw dt mer. There 

 are three varieties o* this slug, the white, red, 

 and black, unless, as appears by no mean-^ im- 

 probable, tlie three are the same animal, the co- 

 lor varying according to the age andcondilionof the 

 slug, the quality of the food, ^season of the year, and 

 other adventitious circumstances* Of these va- 

 rieties, the black is in most esteem, fetching from 

 20 to '^0 dollars per picul in the China market, 

 whilst the red obtains hut from seven to sixteen, 

 according to the depth of its color, and the white 

 only five. 



The edible birds' nests, or Mera de Pastro, 

 form another important article of commerce. 

 These are found in the caves on the different is- 



