While resting in the grass the coolie felt something wriggling against his skin. Under a fold of his garment he found this venomous creature, Trimeresurus gramineus, which he extracted gingerly, with many explosive grunts; then removed its fangs.

BALI IS NOTED FOR ITS ORNATE ARCHITECTURE

Temple gateways, with their characteristic graven deities, form the most pronounced architectural features of this enchanting island. Bali and Lombok are the only islands in Malaysia where the Hindu religion still holds sway.

A BALINESE WOMAN COOLIE GOES TO MARKET

Beautiful highways connect the important villages of Bali. Along these thoroughfares the natives pour into the market place, which here, as elsewhere in the Orient, is the all-important center for barter.

THE EXPEDITION'S PAPUAN GUIDE IN A CANYON OF WETAR Such canyons, cut vertically out of ancient lava flows, make of the island a well-nigh impassable mass of splintered mountains.

In the evening whole villages come down the leafy paths to watering places. Except for the inevitable sarong, Balinese ladies regard clothes as a mere encumbrance.