Life in the forests of the Far East (vol. 1 of 2)

· 1910

Habitat of the Sea Dayaks--Start for the Lundu--Inland Passages--Fat Venison--The Lundu--Long Village House--Chinese Gardens--Picturesque Waterfall--The Lundu Dayaks--Their Village--Gradual Extinction of the Tribe--A Squall--Childbirth--Girl Bitten by a Snake--Mr. Gomez--His Tact--A Boa Seizes my Dog--Stories of Boa Constrictors--One Caught in a Cage--Invasion of a Dining-room--Capture of a large Boa--Boa and Wild Boar--Native Accounts--Madman and Snake--Boas used as Rat Catchers--Floating Islands--A Man found on one--Their Origin--The Batang Lupar--The Lingga--Alligators Dangerous--Method of Catching them--Their Size--Hair Balls--Death of an Acquaintance--The Balau Lads--The Orang-Utan--A l…

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