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Friday, April 25, 1913.
   Pulo Derawan.

     With Pungawa and about a dozen or more kids I hunted all over the island for small birds and also got a couple of bats, one of which is new to me, a long nosed one with very light buffy coloring.  
     Spent the afternoon preparing these specimens while Ah Sing was ashore washing clothes.  He is the only one I dare trust to watch the prahn when I am not here for the natives have, almost without an exception got long hands.
     Again to-night I went to the dancing which was livelier than before, more dancers, more girls, more costumes, and best of all an old Bajan whom Pungawa called for my especial pleasure.  This old man played a violin "biola" made by himself and was accompanied by the kulintangan and two or three Soliks beating the cane floor mats with short sticks which made good time. The old man at times accompanied his playing by singing and at times by facial expressions.  All their music is fast time and lively.  I had an intention of staying until their festivities were over but about two o'clock, I got sleepy and returned to the prahn, but they continued all night.

Saturday, April 26, 1913.
  Pulo Derawan.
     I let Kim Si anak Si Leong take the shot gun and the auxiliary and he got some sun birds.  I made a dozen and a half exposures today of the marriage celebrations, etc. but the best part of it took place after five o'clock this afternoon and perhaps my negatives will be under-exposed.  During the forenoon I made an exposure of the bridggroom as he was escorted to his home from the house of the bride-to-be.  This afternoon I made several exposures as he was