passed before we could ship the beast to Singapore, 

 for transshipment to Perth. 



I received for the animal 200, which was about 

 one quarter of its value. But it was as much as the 

 Perth Zoological Gardens could afford to pay, and 

 I was glad to be able to put so fine a specimen into 

 the hands of Mr. La Souef. 



One day when I was busy in my animal house, 

 AH came to me with the message that three natives 

 from Pontianak, Borneo, were outside. They had 

 something important to tell me, Ali said. When 

 they came in, I found that I knew one of them; he 

 was an animal trader from whom I had bought 

 some birds and monkeys. The other two were head- 

 men from the interior of Borneo. 



The headmen had gone to the trader with the 

 story of two large orang-outangs that were terror- 

 izing their villages, and the trader was bringing 

 them to me for advice. We sat down in the shade 

 and discussed the situation. The orang-outangs 

 had run off with a young girl and had recently 

 killed one of the men. The natives had tried 

 repeatedly to kill them, but without success, and 

 now they were afraid to venture into the jungle. 



For several years I had had a standing order 

 from the Antwerp Zoological Gardens for a good 

 specimen of orang-outang, and I had planned to go, 

 just as soon as my health permitted, into Borneo, 

 to see what I could find. Orang-outangs command 

 unlimited prices because they are so hard to cap- 



