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being actuated solely by the desire of procuring heads 

 without exposure to themselves. 



Their history would show us but few examples of 

 that personal courage and distinguished bravery which 

 dazzle the imagination of politer nations; there are, 

 however, many examples in which individual gallantry 

 has distinguished the Dyak character, and these abound 

 as much in the land as the sea division. The chief of the 

 Sow (hill) tribe, the orang Kaya, Pa-Mancha of Sarebas, 

 and the chief of Lundu, have on several occasions thus 

 distinguished themselves. 



The latter, on one occasion returning from a 

 cruise against his old enemies of Sakarran, and 

 being at anchor with two 'bankongs' in the mouth 

 of the Batang Lupar river waiting for the ebb tide, 

 found himself surrounded by a large returning fleet 

 of these people. It was in the dawn of morning, 

 while the mist lay upon the water, and their approach 

 had been made known to him by the quick and regular 

 stroke of the paddles. His force being so inferior, he 

 would not have ventured to attack them, but they 

 perceived him, and, imagining they should obtain an 

 easy victory, attacked him at once on all sides ; but the 

 discharge from several lelahs and muskets in their faces, 

 at the distance of but a few paces, made the bravest of 

 them recoil. They, with frantic yells, returned to the 

 charge again and again, but were each time repulsed 

 with a severe loss, and their attacks were less spirited 

 than at first. Meantime, the old chief seeing this, and 



