FOREST LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

• Main Author: Mjoberg, Eric (Author)
• Other Authors: Barwell, A (Translator)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Oxford University Press 1988
• Subjects: Forest ecology > Malay Archipelago; Natural history > Malay Archipelago
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 Translated from Swedish and published in English in 1930, Dr Mjoberg's Forest Life and Adventures in the Malay Archipelago is best described as a compendium of information about the fauna and flora of the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. The range of the book is enormous, covering as it does the forest fauna - the large, the small, and the just curious; birds (and edible bird's nests); reptiles and amphibians (snakes, turtles, and frogs); 'interesting' fishes; larvae, honey bees, night butterflies, mosquitoes, and cicadas; the trees of the forest, and other plant-life; fruits; and the largest flower in the world - rafflesia tuan mudae. In addition, there are chapters on rubber, tobacco, coffee, and tea; and how to look after oneself in the tropics. During the eight years of exploration in equatorial lands, the author generally camped out and started out in search of fresh adventure each morning, following the example of Borneo's most primitive nomads. In the course of his expeditions, which covered a distance of 1,759 miles in the primeval forests of Borneo, the author wandered into the darkest recesses of the island, searching for the hitherto unexplored Mt. Murud. Following this search, he became the first explorer to investigate Mt. Tibang in the very heart of Borneo. The record of his research, Forest Life and Adventures in the Malay Archipelago, has never been superseded as a compendium and, as a book, it is both entertaining and instructive. Eighty-three photographs supplement the text