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and white, and was sitting on the bank crossing the tips of its wings in a rapid scissor-like motion.  Bill said "Oh-oh, there is something Wallace discovered!2 and promptly netted it. 

[[strikethrough]] We came back [[/strikethrough]] The path ran for about a mile through the woods, and then ca e out at the river's edge again, where another an s aller water fall roared out of the forest.

We had a picnic lunch on the edge of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a most unusual swimming pool.  The water in the pool was simply boiling with the volume of spring water gushing into it.  As we finished our sandwiches rain began to fall, and we  oved into one of the dressing rooms of the bath house.  We waited an hour or more for the rain to let up, but finally started off for home in a downpour.  I was especially sorry the weather was unkind because there were so many opportunities for pictures.  Even on the way home I wanted Bill to photograph so many things, including a small and naked urchin riding on a pink caribou through a rice field.  He had on nothing but an enormous hat and a wide grin, and was simply entrancing. 

All in all, it was a grand day, and a happy change from sitting around the hotel, waiting for  animal dealers to show up.  One can always watch the procession going by, and the amazing varieties of costume and headgear and modes of transportation.  There are plenty of the ancient open touring cars that we see everywhere throughout the D. E. I. and thousands of bicycles.  There are many little pony carts, with plump small horses that are always going at a quick trot,- perhaps because they can see out of the corner of their eye the enormous whip that furnishes each carriage (I have never seen the whip used - it is twice as long as the horse).  But Macassar's specialty is the push-bike: a wodden chair wide enough for two, sometimes upholstered in leather or filled with cushions, attached to the front of a bicycle.  Sometimes whole families pile into these bicylces, and are pushed by a man riding the bicycle.  We are told that there are a large nu ber of heart cases in the hospital here, due to the strain of this heavy work.  

The Hindenburg has crashed at Lakehurst, and I try to glean some details of the disaster from the Dutch newspaper.  Buitenbos has already had published in the Actuel WereldNews the pictures he took of is in Ambon - and they are not at all bad. 

May 10 -

We went down to the dock early in the morning, and  Bill and Coenrard supervised the moving of our animals for the Van Imhoff to the godown where they  ust stay until tomorrow.  We have about 50 crates now, and the K. P. M. warehouse looks like a small Zoo. 

One of the Chinese dealers in town has collected a lot of animals for us - more lories and parrakeets, and two more cassowaries and two big pythons.  These are to be delivered to us on board ship tomorrow. 
 
^[[Mr. Smits had dinner with us at the hotel. The police have released two of the three curoas & we shall be able to take them with us after all.]]

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m key looks to not strke well in several places but typed what I saw rather than assume it was the m. not sure of the spelling of the "curoas" I think you've got the spelling correct but if you come across the issue again #volunpeers tend to transcribe words they aren't sure of as [[text?]] (replacing the word "text" with their best guess of the word they aren't sure of) Hope this helps. -@siobhanleachman