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June 1 - Vlhenever a native brings us in a specimen m camp, he 
is sure to explain that the animal, no atter what it is, eets either 
rice or banana "makan nasi" or "makan pisang". This applies to 
tiger cubs, otters, birds - anything at all. What was my aelight 
this morning to have the mandoer of the pssanggrahan show me a 
crocodile this morning which he wanted to sell to us, and have him 
explain "makan -rang" ("it eats men"). 
It is beautiful country between Kota Nopan and Fort de Kock. 
We stopped" frenuently for collecting, and found more P olyrachus ana 
Meranoplus. We saw three troops of monkeys, squirrels, a big monitor 
lizard that marched slowly across the road in front of us, en ?/ n . 
the late afternoon one enormous pig-tailed macaque. Bill said it 
was the b ggest one he had ever seen, and we wondered if it could be 
the origin of the story that there is still an unknown ape in the 
forests of Sumatra. Just before we reached Loeboek Sikaping, while 
we were in a forest reserve, we saw big sign pointing to a trail 
into the woods. We hopped out of the car, and went into see what 
was there. Here was another sign, near a warm spring that steamed 
up through the thick jungle, warning us that the fumes of the water 
were poisonous and it was forbidden to approacn them. Near the 
road were some dead butterflies, mute evidence of the lethal 
quality of the air. A huge banyan tree nearby added to tne weird 
effect" of this deadly jungle spot. 
We had lunch at Loeboek Sikaping, where the Pasanggrahan 
has s fine outlool over the river to the mountains beyond. The 
afternoon's drive was through a great any miles of jungle, with 
tall trees, pandanus palms, tree ferns, deep gorges where rocky 
streams roared below us. Sixty kilometers before Fort de Kock 
the road crosses the Equator, and of course we had to stop and 
take pictures of the monument, and of each other posed in front ot 
it. It was Beirne's first crossing, and we tried to give her a 
shower, sparing some of our precious ayer minum from the canteens, 
but she dodged both the water and the picture I was trying to get oi 
her. Bill and I walked back and forth in the road., so that now if 
anvone asks me if I have crossed the Equator /I shall have to say 
"Oh, yes. so many times I've lost count." 
Fort de Kock has two great mountain guardians, Singgallang 
and Merapi, and they were beautiful in the sunset as we came into 
town. Merapi is an active volcano, but is almost always capped 
with clouds, so that the crater is not visible. 
Stayed at Hotel Centrum - excellent food. 
June 2 - 
. early, and out to the Zoo, which is a small one, but 
very fine/ They" have a good collection of SU atran animals, and 
a number of exotic species, such as South American and Air i can 
monkeys, zebras, camels, European bear, polar bear, and Ixons. 
Of Fast Indian species they had serows, anoas, five orangs, and 
two baby elephants, as well as an excellent bird collection. 
In the Zoo grounds is a fine example of a Meningkabeu 
hou*e. with every inch of the walls carved and painted, and a 
high-pitched, six-gabled thatched roof with the ridges and the 
high points bound with silver. The building IS used as a Museum 
of ethnographic material - costumes, tools, baskets, jewelry 
