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and white, end wes sitting on the bank crossing the tips of its 
wings in a rapid, scissor-like motion. Bill said 'Oh - oh, there 
is something Wallace discovered! S end promptly netted it. 
Xkxshsb fcxsk The path rrn for about a mile through the woods, _ 
end then ca e out ft the river's edge again, where another ana s eller 
water fall roared out of the forest. 
We had a picnic lunch on the edge of *feB a most unusual 
swimmin? dooI. The water in the pool was simply boiling with the 
~e o/spring water gushing into it. A £/ e finished our sjndjiches 
rain begrn to fall, and we oved into one of the dressing rooms ot 
the bath house. We waited an hour or more for the ram to let up, 
but finally started off for home in a downpour. I was especially 
"orry the weather was unkind because there were so many opportunities 
for Pictures. Even on the way home i wanted Bill to photograph so 
many things, including a small and naked urchin riding on a pink 
caribou through a rici field. He had on nothing but an enormous hat 
and a wide grin, and was simply entrencang. 
All in all, it was a grand day, and a happy change from sitting 
around the hotel, waiting for animal dealers to show up. One can 
always watch the procession going by, the amazing varieties of costume 
and headgear and modes of transportation. There are plenty of the 
ancient open touring cars that we see everywhere throughout the D. k. ±. 
end thousands of bicycles. There are many little pony carts, with 
clump small horses that are always going at a quick trot,- perhaps 
bemuse tLy can see out of the corner of their eye the enormous whip 
that furnishes each carriage (I have never seen the whip used -it is 
twice as long as the horse). But Macassar's specialty is the push-bike, 
a wodden chair wide enough for two, sometin.es uphol stereo in leather 
or filled with cushions, attached to the front of a bicycle, sometimes 
whole families pile into these bicycles, and are pushed by tne man 
riding the bicycle. We are told that there are a large nu ber of 
heart cases in the hospital here, due to the strain of this he.vy work. 
The Hindenburg has crashed at Lakehurst, and I try to glean some 
details of the disaster from the Dutch newspaper. Buitenbos has 
already Sad published in the /ctuel WereldNews the pictures he too* of 
us in Ambon - and they are not at all bad. 
May 10 - 
We went down to the dock early in the morning, and Bill and Coenrrrd 
supervised the moving of our animals from the Van Imh off ^ q oto 
where they ust stay until tomorrow. We have about 50 crates no*, -net 
the K. P. M. warehouse looks like a small Zoo. 
One of the Chinese dealers in town has collected a lot of animals 
for us - more lories and perrekeets, and two more cassowaries and two 
big pythons. These are to be delivered to us on board ship tomorrow. 
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