sockets through
the skin on each side of the snout till they meet the eyes. Those of
the creature we killed, which was an old one, were nearly ten inches in
length. Our Dutch friend stated that they were so formed to guard its
eyes from the thorns and spines which it meets with whilst searching for
fallen fruits among the thickets of ratan and other spiny plants. Mr
Hooker, however, said he thought they had once been of use to the animal
in digging, but its mode of life having been somewhat changed, they had
grown up into their present curious form. Instead of digging for food
with its snout as other pigs do, it feeds on fallen fruits from various
trees. We saw also a number of butterflies, which Mr Hooker said were
peculiar to Celebes. Besides the babirusa, herds of wild pigs of large
size abound in the northern forests, and numerous jungle-fowl,
hornbills, and great fruit-pigeons. Buffaloes are generally employed on
the farms, and we drank buffalo milk, which was brought into the house
in bamboo buckets. It was as thick as cream and in order to keep it
fluid during the day it was diluted with water.

Among the many curious trees we saw, was the sugar-palm, from which the
usual beverage of the country is made--called sagueir. It is as strong
as ordinary beer. The sugar makes a very nice sweetmeat, and Mr Hooker
said it put him very much in mind of the North American maple sugar.

We were introduced also to a very curious animal, somewhat smaller than
a Shetland cow, called the sapi-utan. It has long straight horns, which
are ringed at the base and slope backwards over the neck. We were told
that it inhabits the mountains, and is never found where deer exist.
There seems a doubt whether it should be classed with the ox, buffalo,
or antelope. The head is black, with a white mark over each eye, one on
the cheek, and another on the throat. We saw also a couple of maleos, a
species of brush-turkey, allied to the _megapodi_ or mound-making birds
which we had met with in our island. They live also in the northern
part of Celebes, and come down to the shore in order to lay their eggs
in the black, hot, volcanic sand. It is a handsome bird, the plumage
glossy black and rosy white, with a helmeted head, and elevated tail.
Its walk is peculiarly stately. The sexes are very much alike. Two or
more birds will come down, and the female deposits a single egg in a
hole which the male assists her in making, about a fo