his office, to one o'clock he finally appeared, and turned out 
to be a fine chap, very enthusiastic about animals m general 
"rd the Fort de lock Zoo in particular. He arranged for the 
Selrliry of the Zoo, Mr. C.Grootes, to »e«t us that ;fternoon 
^ the Zoo and do anything he could for us. ^^Hh ^ 
when we went to the Zoo and et Mr. Grootes to learn .that this 
little garden is self-supporting on a charge of 10 cent, for 
Pdults and 5 cents (Dutch) for children. It is visiteo Dotn 
thenatives and by tourists. The concession i s no prof it ,a s 
relrelhments pre sold at cost. The little Meningkabau villa e 
wlS Sl-sized houses is. intended for shelter for the monkeys that 
during the dry run lo.se in the trees . ^Jj^g Quotes - 
Bill succeeded in getting most of the Z90 away from ISr. gootes 
a big tapir, a pair of serow, wild cats hog hadger, m.rtin, 
otter, squirrels, bintoerong, and hornbilis. it jras a mosx, 
fncouraging day I 
-Tune 4 - 
We left Fort de Kock at 9 o'clock, heading northeast. 
We stooped in the beautiful Jyer Putih Canyon, where we did some 
collecting and admired the slender waterfall ^^™^ n 
which corals out of the rocks on the opposite Si.de of the canyon 
from the road. V •- . • : - ''. • 
grossed the Equator again, and - Afvn 
we/lunched in Kota Baroe, and drove on in the afternoon 
to Moearr Mahat, parsing gorgeous dense jungle along the wry . 
The vttle resthouse at Moeara Mahat is perched high ±n the hills, 
right on the elge of the jungle, but the corkscrew mountain road 
coles up on one side of the house and goe s down on t ae other 
1 MVlng U e nracticaliy in an island of traffic (mostly frei 6 nt 
vrnl ?oarIng r prst C us through the night.). Below us were the 
lights of the small village, and beyond the the r ^f^ r /^ yiouc; 
..rnioer was 8 young chap, only four months in hi s g^ p 8 ^ a | n ^as 
to please. The reistafel, which was cooked on a Stove rthat was 
really just 6 cement shelf with five little wood fires built on 
it, was the last word. Tiny little chickens, broiled over the 
open fire, si ply melted in our mouths. 
Just as we were finishing dinner a Dutch^n arrived, 
intending to spend the night, ^and a little di f*P/^tonse 
that we -ere occupying the only two rooms ^ti'ere.t nuu-e. 
However, Bill nsisted on his having food an d *rink ™ , 
and he told us that just 20 km. up the road he had seen at iger, 
end were we not afraid to go wandering about in the forest? We 
assured him that tigers were nocturnal and we only . went ^ the 
wood- bv day, but he told us that at Bangkmang, a little further 
down tK ?oId, a tiger had come into the village atmne in the 
morning, and grabbed a native standing in front o. the^post office. 
Our oven windows, and fly-screened klambos, looked, a little 
inviting to tigers, but we herrd not even a distant roar in the 
night . 
June 5 - 
The morning was delayed, partly by the Mandoer ' s sxo-ness 
in gettmfbreakfast, but chiefly by Bill's fussing oyer losing 
v,.? n ^„ AT)1 4- D -n-ii- pr'p after r now extinct pfttein, 
his forceps - his levorite pr-ir, c uts cxo^j. 
end. the pride of h: s entomological lif e# fortunately stopped 
