CHAP. VII.] 



TRIAL OF J THIEF. 



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difTerent kinds of woodpeckers mid four kingfishers were 

 found bere, the fine horiibill, Buceros lunatus, more than 

 four feet long, aud the pretty little lorikeet, Loriculus 

 pusillus, scarcely more than as many inches. 



Oue morning, as I wa.g preparing and arranging my 

 specimens, I was told there was to l>e a trial ; and presently 

 four or five men 

 came in and squat- T 

 ted down ou a miii 

 under the audience- 

 shed in the comi. 

 The chief then cauie 

 in with his clerk, 

 and sat down oppo- 

 site them. Each 

 spoke in turn, tell- 

 ing his own talc, ^niil 

 theu I found init 

 that those who Erst 

 entered were the 

 pi-isoner, accuser, 

 policemen, and wit- 

 ness, and that thi 

 prisoner was indica- 

 ted solely by havinj: 

 a loose piece of cor> 

 twined round hi 

 wristSj, but not ticn : 

 It was E ease of rob- 

 bery, and after the 

 evidence was given, 

 and a few qiiestions 

 had been asked by 

 the chief, the ac- 



cused said a few woi^s, and then sentence was pronouuced, 

 which was a fine. The parties then got up and walked 

 away together, seeming quite friendly ; and throughout 

 there was nothing in the raamier of any one present indi- 

 cating passion or ill-feeling—a very good illustration of 

 the Malayan type of character. 



In a month's collecting at Wonosalem and Djapaunan 



