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number of them and pays his coolies for all the rats they catch. This morning they brought me eleven, but they were not all good, some having been eaten by ants.

Thursday, May 1, 1913. 
   Pulo Pandjang.

      This morning I got some small birds but there is not much place to hunt them.
      This evening, Mr. De Thorey returned from Beraoe and with him a little Dutchman, a diver, who intends to do some diving for pearls. Mr. De Thorey told me the President of Mexico has been killed and that the U.S.A. has sent troops there to prevent a revolution. 

Friday, May 2, 1913.
   Pulo Pandjang. 

        Collect a few more small birds on the south end of the island. In the afternoon I went to Derawan with Mr. De Thorey and Van Engers (?) in Mr. De Thorey's launch. It seemed good to go at a speed of 7 miles an hour but the noise of the motor makes my ears ring. 
       I dined again with these gentlemen and came aboard the prahn about 10:00 o'clock. 

Saturday, May 3, 1913.
  Pulo Pandjang and to Pulo Raboe Raboe.

       When the tide rose this afternoon I left Pulo Pandjang with a light breeze from astern, and an hour and forty-five minutes later, reached Pulo Raboe Raboe which is closer to the mainland than any of the other islands. We anchored within a few yards of the house of an old Bajan & were near the island, to the south of it. The reefs run far out on all sides of the island so we were high and