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The Cer^tis mwitjac of Desmarest is also 

 an inhabitant of the Peninsula. 



Neither goats nor sheefTt although both have 

 been introduced^ can be said to be indigenous to 

 the soil, nor do the latter thrive as well in thi& part 

 of the world as they do in Continental Indiii. 



Bo^ Arnee, Shaw, The Buffaloe, Karkm in 

 Malayese- Great numbers of buffaloes are do- 

 mesticated in the Peninsula, but 1 have never met 

 with any wild ones. They are not nearly so sa- 

 vage as those of the Burman empire. 



This is the most useful animal possessed by the 

 Malay^^, and is employed by them for every pur- 

 pose of draught and agriculture. The young afford 

 them a very good substitute for beef, and the flock 

 is maintained at very little expense. From the 

 extreme harijhneas and dr5mes8 of the skin, the 

 buffaloe suffers much during the heat of the day; 

 and is consequently hardly ever worked at that 

 time, but allowed to luxuriate, immersed all but 

 the head, ia a stagnant pooL It is extremely 

 sluggish, not moving much above a mile an hour. 



The domestic ox is unknown as an original in- 

 habitant of the Malayan Peninsula. A few bul- 

 locks and cows have been introduced, but they 

 do not thrive very well on the main. Those on 

 the island of Pinang appear to fatten better. Ha* 

 ving in the few foregoing pages, given a summary 

 of the Mammalia of the Straits, as far a£fe they baTe 

 passed under my own observation, I now come to 

 the epusideration of the Ornithological depart- 

 ment. 



It would swell these pages to aii extent greater 

 than it is contemplated, were I to detail at length 



