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A MATINAL BATH. 
made out of the boat’s sail ; and for a bed we had 
two thicknesses of cotton canvas between us and the 
ground. 
We made a very comfortable supper, smoked our pipes, 
lay down with our feet to the fire, and imagined that we 
were going to sleep. One hour later we were all in the 
boat, the fire grew dim, and the mosquitos and sand- 
bugs danced the dance and sung the song of a bloody 
victory: we had been literallj^ driven off. The next 
morning we awoke at break of day and proceeded to 
land. 
It had been low-tide when we returned to the boat; it 
was now quite high : the water had been knee-deep then ; 
it was now over one’s head. One of the men, in his sleepy 
drowsiness, stepped out of the boat to lift the anchor and 
wade her to the beach. The result may be imagined: — a 
heavy plunge, much subsequent puffing and splashing, 
and a great deal of hearty laughing. 
It was hardly daylight when we entered the jungle, and 
we hunted bravely until near noon. During this time we 
fired at several heavy short-legged deer, put a drove of 
wild hogs of all ages and sexes to a grunting flight, killed 
several ugly snakes, and finally returned to the ship in 
gi'cat disgust. 
Selio is not inhabited, but is visited •periodically by 
Malay fishermen for the purpose of catching and drying 
the fresh-water fish which exist in its lakes by shoals. 
The growth of trees upon it is remarkable, many of them 
being upward of one hundred and fifty feet high. We 
killed a number of large wild pigeons in their branches, and 
subsequently found this bird so plentiful on other islands 
