WILD LIFE ACROSS THE WORLD 



with a wet film. Moreover, you can replace your 

 stock of clothes, or even, in an emergency, dispense 

 with some of them ; but in British North Borneo 

 no new photographic apparatus was obtainable. 



From the hut there was a tramp of six miles through 

 the jungle before one reached the famous caves. I 

 was a-foot early, hoping to put in a thoroughly good 

 day with the camera. All the Wah-wah monkeys saluted 

 me with their peculiar chattering cry, from which they 

 get their name. " Wah-wah, wah-wah," they seem to 

 say. When we had covered some three-quarters of 

 the distance I noticed fresh elephant spoor, but as I 

 was unarmed and the jungle was very dense I was by 

 no means keen on coming across the animals themselves. 

 True, it takes an experienced hunter to be tolerably 

 sure of bringing down an elephant at the first shot, 

 but even in the case of a mere amateur the possession 

 of a rifle gives a certain sense of security. I had not 

 the slightest desire to shoot a wild elephant, though I 

 would gladly have photographed one ; but, at the same 

 time, I did not want an elephant to experiment on me 

 when I was without any means of defence. 



However, we saw nothing of the huge animals, 

 and both the cameras and ourselves arrived safely at 

 the caves. The latter certainly deserve their fame. 

 As a rule, when you have heard a great deal about some 

 natural wonder, and for days past all the local 

 people have been dinning into your ears, " Wait until 



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