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May 11 - Down to the S.S. Pahud early in the morning to see our animals loaded. The two anoas, a fine young pair, were led down through the street. We had had two crates made, & they were put into it. Some of the lories from the Chinese arrived on perches which were hung from the ship's beams. With our new stuff we have about 80 cages. Pigs & [[strikethrough]] ban [[/strikethrough]] caribou are also on board, going to Roeralaice. We sailed at noon. In the afternoon  I went down to inspect the menagerie & nearly stepped on our smallest wild pig, from New Guinea, which was running around on deck. Coenraad had just given it a bath. It is a funny little creature & very tame.
May 12 - At noon we stopped at Ampenan, Somhok, to load cattle, & went ashore for an hour. It is not an attractive town; & of course was very hot at that time of day. We went to the market to buy food for animals. There were many baskets of flowers - just the flower itself, no leaves or stems - sold for the purpose of hair ornaments. We saw one man with a red blossom behind each ear, the mark of a chief or head man. Pigs were brought aboard rolled up in rattan baskets, literally a pig in a poke. The cattle came out on a lighter & were led up a gang plank to their stalls on board.