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the animal's body, but the Mias seized it in his hands, and 

 in an instant got hold of the man's arm, -which he seized in 

 his mouth, making his teeth meet in the flesh above the 

 elbow, which he tore and lacerated in a dreadful manner. 

 Had not the others been close behind, the man would have 

 been more seriously inj ured, if not killed, as he was quite 

 powerless ; but they soon destroyed the creature with their 

 spears and choppers. The man remained ill for a long 

 time, and never fully recovered the use of his arm. 



They told me the dead Mias was still lying where it had 

 been killed, so I offered them a reward to bring it up to 

 our landing-place immediately, which they promised to do. 

 They did not come, however, till the next day, and then 

 decomposition had commenced, and great patches of the 

 hair came off, so that it was useless to skin it. This I 

 regretted much, as it was a very fine full-grown male. I 

 cut off the head and took it home to clean, while I got 

 my men to make a close fence about five feet high round 

 the rest of the body, which would soon be devoured by 

 maggots, small lizards, and ants, leaving me the skeleton. 

 There was a great gash in his face, which had cut deep 

 into the bone, but the skull was a very fine one, and the 

 teeth remarkably large and perfect. 



On June 18th I had another great success, and obtained 

 a fine adult male. A Chinaman told me he had seen him 

 feeding by the side of the path to the river, and I found 



