86 IN MALAY FORESTS. 



considerably surprised to find a crocodile at the end 

 of it. It was a small one, and with assistance he 

 killed it. Having heard of my lost lines, he naturally 

 concluded that this was one of them, and brought it 

 to the police-station. To his delight I told the police 

 to pay over to him the Government reward for killing 

 a crocodile. Nothing was ever heard of the other 

 missing line. I imagine that both lines were taken 

 by crocodiles, and that the animals, after swallow- 

 ing the baits, had felt suspicious of the rattan-lines 

 which followed them wherever they went, and had 

 left the pool in the hope of getting rid of them. 

 That the animal which the Malay came across 

 should have been resting so far from water is 

 remarkable; and that the two animals should have 

 taken the baits on the same day, and that both 

 should have abandoned the pool to wander overland, 

 is extraordinary. 



Sometimes one hooks a crocodile that is too big 

 to be tackled. A crocodile more than twelve feet 

 long has such weight and bulk and strength that 

 it cannot be played from a boat without an undue 

 amount of danger. " Have a rifle handy," was Manap's 

 advice, " if you think that you have hooked a big 

 crocodile, and play it from the bank if possible, for 

 sometimes it will ' amok ' and attack a boat. If 

 the crocodile floats up to the top and looks over 

 the water to see what it is that pesters him, then 

 do one of two things at once : shoot him if you 

 have a rifle, or else drop the line and go home. 

 For the next thing that he will do when he feels 



