the ground, it appears wonderful how it can rise into the
air with such a long and cumbersome train of feathers.
It does so however with great ease, by running quickly for
a short distance, and then rising obliquely; and will fly
over trees of a considerable height. I also obtained here
a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus),
whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy
feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet
purple colour, changing to green at the base. It is also
remarkable in possessing a single large wattle beneath its
throat, brightly coloured in three patches of red, yellow, and
blue. The common jungle-coek (Gallus bankiva) was also
obtained here. It is almost exactly like a common gamecock,
but the voice is different, being much shorter and
more abrupt; whence its native name is Bekeko. Six
different kinds of woodpeckers and four kingfishers were
found here, the fine hornbill, Buceros lunatus, more than
four feet long, and the pretty little lorikeet, Loriculus
pusillus, scarcely more than as many inches.
One morning, as I was preparing and arranging my
specimens, I was told there was to be a.trial; and presently
four or five men came in and squatted down on a mat
under the audience-shed in the court. The chief then
came in with his clerk, and sat down opposite them. Each
spoke in turn, telling his own tale, and then I found out
that those who first entered were the prisoner, accuser,
policemen, and witness, and that the prisoner was indicated
solely by having a loose piece of cord twined round
his wrists, but not tied. It was a case of robbery, and
after the evidence was given, and a few questions had
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been asked by the chief, the accused said a few words, and
then sentence was pronounced, which was a fine. The
parties then got up and walked away together, seeming
quite friendly ; and throughout there was nothing in the