him at the same place as the first individual I had shot.
He was feeding on an oval green fruit having a fine red
arillus, like the mace which surrounds the nutmeg, and
which alone he seemed to eat, biting off the thick outer
rind and dropping it in a continual shower. I had found
the same fruit in the stomach of some others which I had
killed. Two shots caused this animal to loose his hold,
hut he hung for a considerable time by one hand, and
then fell flat on his face and was half buried in the
swamp. For several minutes he lay groaning and panting,
while we stood close round, expecting every breath to be
his last. Suddenly, however, by a violent effort he raised
himself up, causing us all to step back a yard or two,
when, standing nearly erect, he caught hold of a small tree,
and began to ascend it. Another shot through the back
caused him to fall down dead. A flattened bullet was
found in his tongue, having entered the lower part of the
abdomen and completely traversed the body, fracturing the
first cervical vertebra. Yet it was after this fearful wound
that he had risen, and begun climbing with considerable
facility. This also was a full-grown, male of almost exactly
the same dimensions as the other two I had measured.
On June 21st I shot another adult female, which was
eating fruit in a low tree, and was the only one which I
ever killed by a single ball.
On June 24th I was called by a Chinaman to shoot a
Mias, which, he said, was on a tree close by his house, at
the coal-mines. Arriving at the place, we had some difficulty
in finding the animal, as he had gone off. into the
jungle, which was very rocky and difficult to traverse.
At last we found him up a very high tree, and could see
that he was a male of the largest size. As soon as I had
fired, he moved higher up the tree, and while he was doing
so I fired again; and we then saw that one arm was
broken. He had now reached the very highest part of an
immense tree, and immediately began breaking off boughs
all around, and laying them across and across to make a
nest. It was very interesting to see how well he had
chosen his place, and how rapidly he stretched out his
unwounded arm in every direction, breaking off good-
sized boughs with the greatest ease, and laying them back
across each other, so that in a few minutes he had formed
a compact mass of foliage, which entirely concealed him
from our sight. He was evidently going to pass the night
here, and would probably get away early the next morning,
if not wounded too severely. I therefore fired again
several times, in hopes of making him leave his nest; but,
though I felt sure I had hit him, as at each shot he moved
a little, he would not go away. At length he raised himself
up, so that half his body was visible, and then
gradually sank down, his head alone remaining on the
edge of the nest. I now felt sure he was dead, and tried