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August 10 - 
Bill and I went ashore with tfes our old horse-trainer friend, 
Connie O'Neal, and he took us to various markets and tinsmiths where 
we got the food and feeding pans that we wanted for our animals. 
A crate of ran rembutans, a couple of pecks of greens, a sack ol 
flour a big bag of carrots, and a tin of dried worms were among 
the day's supplies. Gibbons are wild about rambutans, and even those 
that are extremely fussy about their food and seem to have no 
appetite at all, will cram as many of these fruits into their mouths 
as possible. I cannot see how there can be much nourishment in 
them, but it is pleasant to see an animal enjoy his food. lne rat, 
sillv orang we got from Basapa has also an encouraging appetite, and 
sits, Buddha-like, all day, placidly stuffing himself with any aii 
fruit or vegetable at all. 
The little Siamese wild cat escaped, and was located under a 
lizard cage. Jennier caught it again in a burlap bag. 
We took Harry up on the boat deck and chained him to a post 
but he did not like it stix at all. Poor old Harry has been so used 
to being the boss of the camp, and f* has played outdoors all his 
life, that he complains bitterly about being in a cage, yet is 
frightened by all the strange noises and smells of the snip when 
we take him out. 
Stengah still has a cold, and is so droopy at different times 
of the day that we think we are going to lose her, but then she 
peps up and seems quite bright again. /II she wants is a nurse who 
has nothing to do but hold her all day long - then she is quite 
happy. 
We were a little late in sailing from Penang, because the 
captain was doing a little side work, trying to see whether or not 
he could get a job as pilot in Penang, if he gave up the sea-captain 
business. I have never known as casual a soul as he is. 
August 11 - 
We were up early, and had the gibbons, orang, squirrels, wild 
cat and some of the birds fed before breakfast. We spent all 
morning passing the northern coast of Sumatra, which is wild and 
mountainous and beautiful. Clouds drifted across the blue mountain 
side*, and veiled some of the peaks, as we said our farewells to 
Sumatra. .After all, in spite of a lot of disappointments and haru 
work, we did have a good time there, and it is a gorgeous country. 
A stiff breeze is blowing, and the Captain thinks we may be 
getting into the southwest monsoon already, and that will make 
things a little difficult aboard. We want all our cages safely 
guyed and anchored before we get any heavy seas. 
