Upon tliia I was struck with wonder, and exclaimed, a vef- 

 tebral bone aa big as a mortarj how long and liow larg^ 

 must the fiali ha?a been ! It h said by some, that there 

 are fiahea able to swallow ships : looking at ih« siz'i of lUla 

 bonr, I should think that in tiie g:eiat ocean there may be 

 such thiogs I 



SOCiETlES, OR CAMPONGS gfl ^(^ KAM-KOSG, 



^||[ Kam-kong is the name of a religious sect, or secret 

 society , like those of the Q ^ white lotus^ or the ^ 

 strange river (Ciiiuese free-masons) : it is not the name of q 

 country. The Javanese, Malay Sj and Dayaks, are frequently 

 Ui thtii habit of joining such a aociety, recilUig cii**rms and 

 incantationB until lite completion of their iaiiiation, when 

 they become in?ulncrabIo, or (as the Cliinese writer expreaaea 

 '0 ^ 5" ^ g*t * brassen body and iron bor^, ih«t 

 neither swofd nor spear will in jure them; but Ihey dread 

 both dogs and pigs ; so that if you rub your weapon with 

 pig's fat or dog's blood and attack ihena, you will find them 

 vulnerable. 



@jj ^ THE MANUFACTURE OF pOlSON. 



All the tribea of bare- footed savag<^s* are able to compound 

 poisons, which ihey do in the wilderness and aoHtary placea. 

 They make use of the fat of venomous snakes and noxious 

 beasts, mijs:ed with various drugg, which they rub on their 

 swords and epears. After it liae been compounded a long 

 time, the poison becomes more powerful, and if man or beas^ 

 be wounded by a weapon, impregnLited with it, so as to dra\v 

 blood, the individual dies. In a short time afterwards the 

 flesh rots away, and nothing is left but the botses, 



* The European uationa, to the oorth-westj all wear atocklngB aad 



Bho€3, and ptit on hata, hence they are called ZZl ^ lf!f| the three- 

 coraered-Lat race ; but the tribes to the stjuth west wear neither hats 



nor Hhoes, and are therefore called ft^ ^ $ bare-footed savagei. 



