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Malacca, the same disease attacked the otlier as well as 

 myself. By a liberal use of qiiinine, I soou recovered, and 

 obtainlTig other men, went to stay at the Government bnti- 

 golow of Ayer-panas, accompanied by a young gentleman, 

 a native of'tbe place, who had a taste for natural histor)-. 



At Ayer-panas we had a comfoitable house to stAy in, 

 and plenty of room to dry and preserve our specimens ; 

 but, owing to there being no industrious Chinese to cut 

 down thnber, insects were comparatively scarce, with tlie 

 exception of butterflies, c>f wdiich I formed a very fine 

 coUection. The manner in which I obtained one fine 

 insect was curious, and indicates how fragmentaiy and 

 imperfect a traveller's collection must necessarily be. I 

 was one afternoon walking along a favourite road through 

 the forest, with my gim, when I saw a butterfly on the 

 ground. It was large, handsome, and quite new to me, 

 and I got close to it Ijefore it Hew away. I then ob- 

 served that it had been settling on the dung of some 

 carnivorous animal. Thinking it might return to the 

 same spot, I next day after breakfast took my net, 

 and as I approached the place was delighted to see the 

 same butterdy sitting on the same piece of dimg, and 

 succeeded in capturing it. It was an entirely new species 

 of groat beauty, and has been named by Mr. Hewitson 

 Kymphalis calydonia. I never saw^ another specimen of 

 it," and it was only after twelve years bad elapsed that 

 a second individual reached this country from the north- 

 western part of Borneo. 



Having determined to visit Mount Ophir, which is 

 situated in the middle of the peninsula about fifty miles 

 east of ilalacca, we engaged six Alalays to accompany us 

 and carry our baggage. As we meant to stay at least a 

 week at the mountain, we took with us a good sup[>ly of 

 rice, a little biscuit butter and coffee, some dried fish and 

 a little brandy, with blankets, a change of clothes, insect 

 and bird boxes, nets guns and ammunition. The dis- 

 tance from Ayer-panas waa supjiosed to be about thiity 

 miles. Our fii-st day's marcli lay through patches of 

 forest, clearings, iuid Malay villages, and was pleasant 

 enough. At night wo slept at the house of a Malay cliicf, 

 who lent us a verandah, and gave ua a fowl and eome 



