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finally cleared and Ah Sing and I skinned the pig on the beach of Pulo Tokong Tokong. This was the easiest pig I have had to handle as it was entirely free of fat. Ah Sing seems to work well and it certainly seems good not to have to clean skulls myself. I pickled some more small fish and a snake which I caught on the edge of the island. 
     Just about dusk, I went ashore and hunted in a patch of jungle between two rocky limestone ridges; got only a common squirrel. After going back into the jungle for about 300 yards, I came upon a beautiful little lake which, however, I was disappointed to find was salty and had an opening into the sea through some rocks. After dark, Tambie, Boega & I paddled along the edge of the rocks with the reflector lamp, hunting for fish, and after having gotten a few, we came upon a sea snake laying on the bottom, so returned to the prahn and I got some rattan and made a snare at the end of a fish spear and thus caught one snake but a smaller one than at first seen.
   Fish of many kinds are abundant here and all along the coast the large turtles are continually coming to the surface to breathe and make a splash if they find themselves near the boat. I was much surprised at the great speed of the turtles as they swim when alarmed.

Sunday, March 23, 1913.
  Tokong Tokong.
   
      At daybreak, I hunted along in the valley and up the sides of the mountains straight back from the point. I got a fine Sciurus atricapi[strikethrough]]t[[/strikethrough]]^[[l]]lus which differs a great deal from those of the same species collected in Beraoe; the vittatus squirrels here are also