76 BORNEO— THE ORANG-UTAN. [chap. iv. 



the kind called by the Dyaks " Mias Chappan," or " Mias 

 Pappan," which has the skin of the face broadened out 

 to a ridge or fold at each side. His outstretched arms 

 measured seven feet three inches across, and his height, 

 measuring fairly from the top of the head to the heel, 

 was four feet two inches. The body just below the 

 arms was three feet two inches round, and was quite 

 as long as a man's, the legs being exceedingly short in 

 proportion. On examination we found he had been 

 dreadfully wounded. Both legs were broken, one hip- 

 joint and the root of the spine completely shattered, and 

 two bullets were found flattened in his neck and jaws ! 

 Yet he was still alive when he fell. The two Chinamen 

 carried him home tied to a pole, and I was occupied with 

 Charley the whole of the next day, preparing the skin and 

 boiling the bones to make a perfect skeleton, which are 

 now preserved in the Museum at Derby. 



About ten days after this, on June 4th, some Dyaks 

 came to tell us that the day before a Mias had nearly 

 killed one of their companions. A few miles down the 

 river there is a Dyak house, and the inhabitants saw a 

 large Orang feeding on the young shoots of a palm by the 

 river-side. On being alarmed he retreated towards the 

 jungle which was close by, and a number of the men, 

 armed with spears and choppers, ran out to intercept him. 

 The man who was in front tried to run his spear through 



