As such he received a photo and a skin of a Komodo dragon from Lieutenant Jacques Karel Henri van Steyn van Hensbroek who had been the first Westerner to observe the lizards and had been told that they could reach 6 to 7 meters.
Ia menerima foto dan kulit komodo dari Letnan Jacques Karel Henri van Steyn van Hensbroek yang merupakan orang Barat pertama yang mengamati biawak raksasa yang disebutkan panjangnya mencapai 6-7 meter.