376 TWO YEARS IN THE JUNGLE. 



Tree-Tops." In our illustration of that group, under the above 

 title, the figure on the left is that of the "Rajah." 



Late in the afternoon we arrived at the Poj^ook village, where 

 we stopped on our previous trip, and took up quarters as before. 

 We remained one day to prepare our specimens, and one more in 

 order to visit a large Dyak village, two miles above the north end of 

 the lake, and on the day following returned again to Simujan. On 

 the way down we took four mias, two old females and two young 

 males, and overtook my old Chinese orang hunter in a sampan 

 with two Dyaks and two dead mias, the latter for me, of coui'se. 

 One of the mias was a very large and fine one, although rather 

 sparely built, and my mind was filled with gloomy forebodings 

 that he was equal to the Eajah in height. When we reached Si- 

 mujan I measured him forthwith, and my worst fears were realized. 

 The animal was actually half an inch taller than the Rajah, and his 

 height was therefore 4 feet 6 inches. 



This was indeed a sad blow to us all, and cast quite a gloom 

 over our spu'its. Up to that moment the Rajah had been the tallest 

 orang that ever fell into the hands of a naturalist, and I would fain 

 have had him remain so. The old Chinaman had used me veiy 

 badly, and I was shocked to observe that he did not feel the slight- 

 est contrition. 



But, after all, the specimen I shot was considerably larger than 

 the other, and surpassed it in every thing except height and length 

 of arm. The Rajah outmeasured him in every other resjject, had a 

 broader face, longer and thicker hair, and a far more massive build 

 generally. But for that disgusting half inch my specimen would 

 have been entirely satisfactory. 



During my absence Perara had received three other orangs, 

 which made twenty-one in all. I had scarcely paid the old celes- 

 tial for his specimens when a party of Dyaks arrived with two live 

 ones. I recognized the larger as the one we met on our way up, 

 and he was, if possible, more savage than ever. Even when I cut 

 his bonds he tried hai'd to bite me, and when he was free, with the 

 exception of a cord round his neck, the company very promptly and 

 respectfully made way for him. I tied him by a long line in the 

 unused bath-room, and he climbed up to the rafters, where he 

 hung, sullenly refusing food, and even knocking the bananas out 

 of my hand when I offered them. 



The other live orang was a little fellow, a baby about six 

 months old, of very different disposition from the other two. He 



