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fine butterflies and very good birds, among which was 

 one more specim(5n of the rare ground dove (Phlegienas 

 tiistigmata), which I had first obtained near the Maros 

 waterfall in South Celebes. 



Hearing what I was particularly in search of, Mr, 

 Goldmaan kindly offered to make a hunting-party to the 

 CJf )«b6^» i^-f place where tbe"Maleos" are most abundant, a remote 

 and tminhabited sea-beach about twenty miles distant. 

 The climate here was quite different to that on the 

 mountains, not a drop of rain having fallen for four 

 months ; so T made arrangements to stay on the beach a 

 week, in order to secure a good number of specimens. 

 We went partly by boat and partly through the forest, 

 accompanied by the Major or head-mau of Licoupang, with 

 a tlozen natives and about twenty dogs, Oa the way they 

 caught a young Sapi-utan and five wUd pigs. Of the 

 former I preserved the head. This animal is entirely 

 confined to the remote mountain forests of Celebes and 

 one or two adjacent islands which form part of the same 

 groiip. In the adults the head is black, with a white mark 

 over each eye, one on each cheek and another on the 

 throat. The horns are veiy smooth and sharp when 

 young, but become thicker and ridged at the bottom with 

 age. Most naturalists consider this curious animal to be 

 a small ox, but from the character of the horns, tlie fine 

 coat of hair and the descending dewlap, it seemed closely 

 to approach the antelopes. 



Arrived at our destination we built a hut and prepared 

 for a stay of some days, I to slioot and skin " MnJeos/* 

 Mr. Goldniann and tlie Major to hunt wild pigs, Babirasa, 

 and Sapi-utan, The place is sit^iated in the large bay 

 between the islands of Limbd and Bauca, and consists of a 

 steep heach more than a nide in length, of deep loose an<l 

 coai^e black volcanic sand or rather gravel, veiy fatignin^^ 

 to walk over. It is bounded at each extrenuty by a small 

 river, with hilly ground beyond ; while the forest behind 

 the beach itself is tolerably level and its growth stunti^il. 

 We have here probably an ancient lava stream from the 

 IClabat volcano, which has flowed down a valley into the 

 sea, and the decomposition of which has formed the looi=o 

 black sand. In confirmation of this view it may be men- 



