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Bill included Diacamma - nests in hollows of trees but builfi mt 8 
fibrous protection at the entrance; red and black Doiichoderus or 
Polyi%chis living in cornucopia made of lerf with edges sewn to- 
gether; entrance at one end, the other larger end covered by 
xksmk webbing of silk. Creffiatogie ster with yellow thorny, first 
taken for staphylinid; when picked up exudes white globules from 
epinotum, nesting in hollow tree but with soft carton covering 
part of tree, enormous colony (known rs Eemut blond?). Mating 
flight of minute Camponotines, each fe pie with white object in 
mouth, evidently hendpterous nymph; are they taking their own 
cows to the new nest? 
We saw a troop of Rhesus monkeys ±h or macaques in the trees, 
and heard hornbiils and siamangs. I saw s Draeco actually in 
flight. Something glided across the path, eight or ten feet 
over my head, flying from one tree to another twelve or fifteen 
feet distant. My first reaction was T 'I never s-w such a small 
bird with such a long tail ft and on going over to look at it, found 
that it was the flying lizard. He sat on the E&gEyBfxfcJ&B tree 
trunk for some time, blowing out his gulsr pouch, which was 
sharply triangular in shape, orange in color with a black tip. 
Tracks of wild pigs were plentiful. In one place we saw a 
shelter where the natives sit at night, keeping a fire burning, to 
frighten monkeys away from the plantation. 
To-day was the first time we have realty seen the celebrated 
leeches in action. We iept picking them off each others 1 clothes, 
and in places would see clusters of three or four standing up 
and waving Ft us. When we got to the stream, the native who had 
attached himself to us, took off his shoes, rolled up his 
trousers, and found three or four leeches bus: ly sucking blood. 
He took his hunting knife, scraped them off, and then asked. us 
for some tobacco to stop the bleeding. One got on my arm, but 
I got it off before it had dug in. When we got home, Bill found 
blood trickling from three places on his ankles. He was the 
only one of us who had not worn high boots; apparently they 
are a good protection. 
May 28 - 
Today we insisted on Jennier rnd Davis taking a day off, 
and sent them up to Prapat in the morning for a swim, a walk and 
a lunch. We had the responsibility for the animals and birds 
while they were gone, and found that we had 8 busy day. I took 
charge of what Bill calls the T, led stock 1 ' - the various pets 
picketed around the back yard, and found that as soon as I had 
finished giving the tiger his bottle, it was tiwe for the 
bears to have their bread and milk , and when that was over the 
gibbons needed their tea, or Mr. Milquetoast wanted a piece 
of banana. Mr. Milouetoast gave us all a bad turn by escaping, 
but was soon found, looking unusually timid, high up on a rafter 
over the verandah, and scrambled down when I showed him a 
banana . 
M At five o T clock we got word that there were animals waiting 
for us at the station. The first thing we thought of was the 
precious serows - the goat-antelopes that Bill has been so 
anxious to get. Dr. Coenraad heard of a pair on the west Coast 
and sent a man after them last Sunday. Howver it wa s the 
