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for long; however, a Fowl got loose from somewhere, and 

 fluttered noisity through the assembly, then a late-comer arrived 

 with a large Python (P. curtus, the short tailed species) which 

 he had brought home to eat, provided I had no use for it. 

 Then we had a new " turn," provided by our young friends the 

 boy collectors. They were the jolliest little kids imaginable, 



LAND-DAYAKS OF SADONG DISTRICT, SAEAWAK. Photo by H. W. Smith. 



happy and bright as the day ; we got them to give us the 

 curious concert described by Wallace. This consisted of a 

 variety of clapping noises, produced by the boys clapping hands 

 and body together in time, while two with their left hands under 

 their armpits produced " a deep trumpet note " — to quote 

 Wallace, who continues thus : " As they all kept time very 

 well, the effect was by no means unpleasing." 



We left them about 11 p.m., but the more energetic spirits 

 kept it up till daylight. 



