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was lost and when I reached the river I found the boy had just started down stream so called him back and together we hurried to the boat, got some shells loaded with buckshot, returned, and found the bears had gone but could hear their growls in the distance, so followed up and down hill for more than an hour. The perspiration drenched my clothes but we finally came close to the bears just as they reached their home, an enormous hollow tree on the side of a hill. I got them both and skinned them on the spot but it was about 3:00 P.M. when we got back to the river for we had lost our way while following the bears which are fine adult specimens.

One of them was the fattest wild animal I have ever seen, for its size. The fat on its rump was about two inches thick.

Rebait the traps just at dusk and get a fine jungle fowl.

May 1, 1914.
Sungai Djambajan, "Lembus".

There were only three rats in the traps this morning and their skins spoiled by ants. Hunt until noon and go out again about 2:00 P.M. and hunt until dusk; get several squirrels and put out more traps.

May 2, 1914.
Sungai Djambajan, "Lembus".

Nothing in the traps this morning,but whilevisiting them I came upon a band of black Pygathrix monkeys and got six of them. Go out again about four o'clock in the afternoon and hunt until dusk; get five more specimens including another monkey like those gotten this morning.

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