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therefore, he is not to be reconiiiieiKled to that 

 Vf^detjr of tht hmm^pede^ <ealIeNi 4 ^^Da^kldeii 

 lady, of a certain age.** 



At last I let tlio (?veaturc ramble about where 

 it ]>lra>e(l ill t1n' af(er part of the ^^hi]) ; it re- 

 posed iu the eabius, or any other place it liked. 

 It ti$ied wander about like a cat, md. come 

 at meal Mm« for i>od, untii i^e 14th of Jmn^ 

 when it was ml^^ing-, and search )>ehxg tosudt 

 ahmit it?i nsuril haunts, tlie animal was dis- 

 co\ ered dead among some oakum in one of the 

 eahins. 



When at Pedir, on tlie north-ea;^ mmt of Sn- 



itiJatra, 1 iirocurcd another young but larger s]>eci- 

 men than the preceding- ; it was ])ure]iascd for luilf 

 a rii])ee. Although wild with strangers, witli the 

 native from whom the animal was purchased it 

 was exceedingly domestkated^ I hare sem II; 

 follow him like a eat along the pathway for some 

 distance, wlien he placed it out of his arms upon 

 the grt>iind ; tlir natives gave it the same name 

 here as at Java, Alnssong. 



These antmaJs attak t&e size of our doni^e 

 oatsv living in their wild state upon ttie «nm^ 

 mits of trcL's, eating tlit; fruit, and also birds, 

 wlii'n they have caught tlicui. 



They eiit sugav-cane, plantaiuj rice, and also 

 those troublesome insects the cockroaefaes. 



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