Of Birds and Buffaloes, Alligators and White Ants, 1816

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

January 2013 WINDOW INTO HISTORY
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The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and its Dependencies carried in Vol. II (from June to December 1816) the following appealing text about animal life on Penang Island. The author was with a group who had hiked up Penang Hill and was staying at the Convalescence Bungalow. He took the occasion to note his impressions of animal life, which today provide us amusing reminders about the dangers of swimming along the coast and the beauty of Penang’s...

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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.

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