We Went Partly By
Boat And Partly Through The Forest, Accompanied By The Major Or
Head-Man Of Licoupang, With A Dozen Natives And About Twenty
Dogs.
On the way they caught a young Sapi-utan and five wild
pigs.
Of the former I preserved the head. This animal is entirely
confined to the remote mountain forests of Celebes and one or two
adjacent islands which form part of the same group. In the adults
the head is black, with a white mark over each eye, one on each
cheek and another on the throat. The horns are very smooth and
sharp when young, but become thicker and ridged at the bottom
with age. Most naturalists consider this curious animal to be a
small ox, but from the character of the horns, the fine coat of
hair and the descending dewlap, it seemed closely to approach the
antelopes.
Arrived at our destination, we built a but and prepared for a stay
of some days - I to shoot and skin "Maleos", and Mr. Goldmann and
the Major to hunt wild pigs, Babirusa, and Sapi-utan. The place is
situated in the large bay between the islands of Limbe and Banca,
and consists of steep beach more than a mile in length, of deep
loose and coarse black volcanic sand (or rather gravel), very
fatiguing to walk over. It is bounded at each extremity by a
small river with hilly ground beyond, while the forest behind
the beach itself is tolerably level and its growth stunted.
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