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and wild pigs are numerous, and pig-sticking is one of 
the favourite native amusements. The elephant is said 
to have been wild at the beginning of the present cen- 
HUT AT MATMBUN, SULU ISLAND. 
tury, but there is no doubt that this statement is entirely 
erroneous, although the sultans possessed these animals, 
and some may have escaped into the forest. The fauna 
