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anticipation of the feast he and I were to have— 

 for of course my Islam party would have none of 

 it, would not in fact stay in its presence. Antici- 

 pation really constituted the feast, however, for 

 the pig was rather stringy and without the usual 

 delicate porcine flavor. Bun relished the heads 

 which he roasted and devoured amid gurgles of 

 supreme content. "Whenever we came to a settle- 

 ment, as we did several times along the rivers, we 

 stopped for sociability sake and to learn of rhino 

 or seladang, or gather any information that might 

 be serviceable. But we heard only of deer and 

 pigs and the only things we saw while on the rivers 

 that might be considered in the light of game were 

 several crocodiles and a large water lizard. We 

 heard no tales of villages raided or men carried 

 off or knocked out of their canoes by crocodiles, 

 and though they are dangerous and will carry off 

 a small child or a dog if caught unawares, or will 

 attack a woman on occasion, yet many of the 

 stories told of this hideous amphibian are greatly 

 overdrawn. I noted that the Malays were always 

 cautious in approaching the densely covered edges 

 of the stream, but they appeared to have no fear 

 of sitting in their canoes or of their camp being 

 invaded. 



Making our way across the country we often 

 came upon comparatively open stretches, where 



