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ahun<laTit ; tlie most comToon being species of Euplaea and 

 Daiuiis, wliich frequent gardens and shrubberies, and 

 owing to their weak flight are easily captured. A beautiful 

 pale blue and black butterfly, which fluttera along neat 

 the ground among the tliickets, and settles occasionally 

 upon Bowers, was one of the most striking; and scarcely 

 less so, was one with a rich orange band ou a blackisli 

 ground : these Iwth belong to the Fieridiie, the group that 

 contains our common white buttertlies, although ditferini; 

 so much from them in appearaucc. Both were quite new 

 to European naturalists.^ Now and then I extended ray 

 walks sttme miles further, to the only patch of tme forest 

 I could tin(l, accompanied by my two b«iys with guns and 

 insect-net. We used to start early, taking our breakfast 

 with us, and eating it wherever we could find shade and 

 water. At smdi times my Mac^assar boys would put a 

 miuute fragment of rice and meat or fish on a leaf, and lay 

 it on a st(jne or stump as an offering to the deity of the 

 spot; for though nominal r^Iahometans tlie Macassar people 

 retain many pagan superstitions, and are but lax in their 

 religious observances. Pork, it is true, they hold in 

 abhorrence, but will not refuse wine when offered them, 

 and consume imniense quantities of "sagueir," or palm- 

 wine, whicli is about as intoxicating as ordinary beer or 

 cider. When well made it is a veiy refreshing drink, and 

 we often took a draught at some of the little sheds digni- 

 fled by the name of bazaars, which are scattered about 

 the country wherever there is any traflic. 



One ilay Mr. Mesman told me of a larger piece of forest 

 where he sometimes went to shoot deer, but he assured me 

 it was mnch fuitlier off, and that there were no birds. 

 Howe%'er, I resolved to explore it, and the next morning 

 at five o'clock we started, carrying our breakfast and some 

 other provisions with us, and intending to stay the night 

 at a house on the borders of the wood. To my surprise 

 two hours' hard walking brought us to this house, where we 

 obtained permission to pass the night. We then walked 

 on, AH and liaderoon with a gnn each, Baso carrying our 

 provisions and my insect-box, while I took only my net 

 and collecting- bottle and determined to devote myself 

 * Tho former has been muned Eronia tritea ; the latter Toohjria itiiome. 



