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bandaged it tight. By the time the procession 
arrived, I was ready to give Omar and Munshee 
orders about the new cage. 
While the women prepared the feast of chicken, 
rice and sugar-cakes, the men went into the jungle 
again and cut logs eight feet long and from six to 
eight inches in diameter. These they drove two 
feet into the ground, placing them not more than 
three inches apart, so as to form a cage eight feet 
long and three feet wide. Then they bound them 
together tightly with rattan ropes, and made and 
lashed down a strong roof of logs. One end of the 
cage was left open for the animals to enter. 
Propped up on my litter, I directed the work; 
then I was carried while I made a careful inspec- 
tion of it. When the cage was ready, the orang- 
outangs were brought up to the open end, the poles 
were drawn out and the slip-knot of the outer. net 
was loosened. By using poles and working at a 
respectful distance, the men forced into the cage the 
single net containing the animals; then they drove 
the end-bars into the ground and lashed then/. 
Finally, by working between the bars, they loosened 
the slip-knot of the net and left the orang-outangs 
free to untangle themselves. 
By the time the job was finished, I was exhausted 
by the fever, and my leg was paining me unbear- 
ably. I thanked the men for their good work and 
was carried back to Omar’s house. The people 
were disappointed that I could not take part in the 
