I .
LIFE AT LABUAN.1
The smallest British colony—Four miles from the great island of
Borneo—The North Bornean Malays—A native house—The
Klings—The humming-birds of the East—The carpenter bee and
the mason wasp—Coal Point—A deserted pit—Pig shooting—
The goat-sucker—A monkey comedy—Snakes—Native music—
A brilliant sunset with a dark cloud over Borneo—Looking
forward.
MIDST the diplomatic
correspondence
of Holland,
Spain, and
England in reference
to the
cession of North
Borneo or Sabah
to a British company
chartered by
her Majesty the
Queen, a few
notes on the civi-
l i z e d b i t of
country off the
coast may have a
special interest
both to the Old World and the New. Should they not
1 This is a mere holiday sketch. I t was written with a view to
