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through saying that he would telephone to-morrow. 
Danisch is having trouble, too. Having telegraphed for 
permission to bring out twenty extra monkys, he gets word that 
as there has recently been a case of rabiesin Macassar, he will 
be lucky if he gets out with one. Now he wishes he had never 
mentioned it. ^fiW^!i;'': 
April 12 -M P cassar '. llf|" " '{^Kt0^M^$S 
Coenraad gets his telephone call through to Bat a via and 
learns that he has his perm ft for anoas and babirusas and Bill has 
a permit for sixteen birds of Paradise and twelve crowned pigeons. 
That is good news indeed, and we all have a drink on it. 
In great good humor we go shopping, as I want to see some 
of the Kendari gold and silver wori for which Macassar has been 
famous through centuries. Hendrick Sinjo is tne leading Brata* 
dealer in this art, and in his little shop I hang oyer glass 
cases BfeciHixxEK* filled with intricate gold and silver filigree 
work trying to make up my mind which piece I like best. 1 
nnalLv chose a wide Silver bracelet and a big round brooch. JJhen 
I wasn't looking Bill bought a lovely lixfcfce gold Oiza£d_mthj-p^n^ 
green eyes, and presented it to me later, fltera? 
At four o'clock we started for the steamer, stopping at the 
K P M for mail. We had a letter from Davis and Jennier, saying 
collecting was poor, but the tiger is still alive, and that was 
good news. They have acquired a 12-foot king cobra, and a few 
new birds . 
We boarded the Van Imhoff, a ship about the size of the 
Van der Lijn. So much freight was on its way to the outer 
islands that we were nearly two hours late in sailing. Danisch 
andGerds were down to see us off, and the old gentleman brought 
me a big basket of roses and carnations. 
The ship is well-populated with copra bugs, and Bill says 
that is a sign that we are really in the South Seas. C&tory of 
Latreille and Necrobia) . At dinner Solenopsis, tne fire f^t 
had a mating flight on the table, but no one seemed to get bitten. 
P«sseneers aboard are various shades of white and brown and mixed. 
One chlrr.;ing young couple, just out from Holland and rosy- cheeked, 
Ire on their way to Amboina. Pn aviator is going to New Guinea 
to make maps of " the island. One middle-aged couple are returning 
to their island off the coast of N. G., where they haye a coco- 
nut plantation, and are the only Europeans in tne whole pl c ce. 
April IS- At Sea 
We have seen more of the passengers on board. The forward 
deck is full of natives and half-castes going out to colonize 
New Guinea. With them they have to take tneir own chickens, 
turkeys, guinea fowl, tapioca sticks already beginning to sprout, 
and anything else they want to raise. The after deck is full of 
Chinese storekeepers, and all their trade goods. Jfter tne 
Van Imhoff leaves Ambon it becomes a series of shops for residents 
in the remote islands, and they come swarming aboard to buy any- 
thing frowv a new topi to a new frying pan. There are bales arid 
bales of cloth, shoes, phonograph records, kettles and household 
utensils, clothing, and^so forth. Cattle (caribau and banteng) 
are also on their way to be slaughtered out tnere. 
