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posts of the long hall were an unusual number of antlers from the 

 Husa, and lower jaws of the wild hog. After we had seated om-selves 

 upon the clean mats, we saw hanging directly over our heads a 

 bunch of fifteen human skulls, also trophies of the chase. They 

 were fleshless and bare, often toothless and jawless as well, chan-ed 

 and backened with the smoke of several years. I expressed a de- 

 sire to buy one, but the people of the house were unwilling to ne- 

 gotiate, at least at a reasonable figure. The standard value of a 

 trophy head in the Sarawak Territory is $60, and there are none on 

 the market even at that price." 



