CONTENTS. XVll 



CHAPTEE XXXIV. 



FACTS ABOUT THE ORANG-UTAN. 



PAGE 



Distribution of the Orang-utan. — Its Affinities. — External Appearance. 

 — Remarkable Facial Ornament (?). — Color of Skin. — Hair. — 

 Eyes. — Mode of Fighting. — Pugnacity. — Food. — Unsocial Habits. 

 — Young at Birth. — Nesting Habits. — Locomotive Powers. — In- 

 ability to Walk or Stand Erect. — Height of Adults. — General 

 Measurements. — Two Species Recognized. — Characters of Simia, 

 Wurmbii and Satyrus. — Individual Peculiarities 398-408 



CHAPTER XXXY. 



A MONTH WITH THE DTAKS. 



Journey to the Sibuyair. — The River. — A Malodorous Village.- - 

 Barriers. — Proboscis Monkeys and Flying Lemurs. — Head of 

 Canoe Navigation. — Swamp-wading. — Our Journey's End. — A 

 Lodge in a Vast Wilderness. — Fine Hunting-grounds. — Source of 

 the River. — Hunting Gibbons. — Lively Sport. — Gibbons' Re- 

 markable Mode of Progress. — A Mias.— A Successful Hunt. — 

 Affection and Courage of a Male Gibbon.— Helplessness of the 

 Baby Orang in Water. — A Live Tarsier.— More Gibbons Shot. 

 — Argus Pheasants. — Dyak Mode of Snaring. — A Deadly Pig- 

 trap. — A Shiftless Village. — A Magnificent Bird. — Curious Rodent. 

 — Visit to Lanchang. — A Village of Head-hunters. — Trophies of 

 the Chase. — A Fine Dyak Specimen 409--i25 



CHAPTER XXXYL 



A MONTH WITH THE DY kK^— Concluded. 



Tjeeches. — Model Making. — Poor Shooting-Boots. — Bad Ammunition. 

 — A Big Buttress. — Wild Honey. — Human-like Emotions of the 

 Baby Orang. — My Guides go on a Strike. — Flying Gibbons. — Boils 

 and Butterflies. —Bear and Muntjac. — Delicious Venison. — Lee 

 Tiac's Omen Bird. — Dyak Shiftlessness in Trade.— Gathering 

 Gutta. — Lee Tiac Climbs a Tapong Tree. — A Perilous Feat. — Ah 

 Kee gets Lost. — A Torch-light Search in the Swamp. — Another 

 Bear. — Return to the Sadong. — The Last Orang. — The Nipa 

 Palm. — A dangerous Squall. — Nesting Habits of the Crocodile. — 

 Farewell to the Sadong 426-442 



