TOO MUCH CARE TAKEN OF ME. 
Dutch civilian of those days was not a sportsman and had no 
idea of the necessity of ke(^ping perfectly quiet when a beat 
was taking place ; the consequence was that though game 
abounded, I got but very few shots. They generally posted 
me with a couple of belted officials to look after mc, who 
when they heard anything approaching would insist upon 
calling to me to look out, thereby turning the animal back. 
I used to steal away from them and by dodging about in the 
jungle, hoped to shake them off, but no, perhaps just as some 
animal was approaching, these noisy officials would come 
upon me! My fury would be great, but it had not the 
slightest effect upon them. They w*ere ordered to keep me 
in sight and did so. So fearful were they that I should be 
killed by a tiger or a rhinoceros that they would not let me 
go anywhere alone; not that they cared so much about 
me individually, but if anything happened they would have 
to report it to the Governor General ; indeed one official 
on hearing that I had gone out alone with my rifle said to 
the English planter with whom I was staying, '* Oh dear, 
oh dear! he will be killed by a tiger and I shall have to 
report it to the Governor General ! " and his delight on seeing 
me walk in with a whole skin was really sincere and genuine. 
Many parts of the island swarmed with wild hog, and some of 
the old boars were very savage. They were of a species 
of wart hog,^ though differing considerably from the African 
species, and when facing you their body is completely 
hidden by their huge ugly heads. I killed a good many * 
of them, besides muntjack, pea fowl, jungle fowl and a few 
deer^ of the larger kind but smaller than our Indian sambur. 
* There are two species of wild hog in Java^ Sus verrucosus or wart 
hog and Sus vlttaim. 
- C£rvu& ruid. 
