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     At dusk I again hunted for bats but could not see to shoot and only got two leaf nosed bats which I think are very common here.

Sunday, May 25, 1913.
   Pulo Muara Tua to Pulo Sanga Laki.

     It was yet dark when we set sail and had a good breeze for about an hour, but then it became lighter and we were carried by the current to within half a mile of Pulo Kakaban before getting more breeze. We reached Sanga Taki about 4:00 P.M. I went ashore to hunt and sent the men back to get the rat traps.
     Sanga Laki is a sandy island nearly round and about half a mile in diameter and has a beautiful sandy beach and also a reef which surrounds the island so that the boat has a safe resting place although afloat only at high water.
     I have a cold in my head and feel miserable. The underbrush on the island is infested with "red bugs" (tung-ou) and even a salt water bath only partially relieved the itching.

Monday, May 26, 1913.
   Pulo Sanga Laki.

     Late last night I went ashore and found a couple of turtles that had come ashore to lay their eggs. One of these turtles I turned on its back so that it could not get away and this morning made some exposures of it.
     Maade and Ampong left for Derawan to come back to-morrow.
     At dusk I hunted and got a couple of birds while Ah Sing and Nia were setting the traps. But these mites, red bugs, are terrible and generally invisible. I saw a couple of Pteropus but did not get a shot at them. I also saw a parrot which looked the same as the ones from Muara Tua.