A Few Miles Down The River There Is A Dyak House, And
The Inhabitants Saw A Large Orang Feeding On The Young Shoots Of
A Palm By The Riverside.
On being alarmed he retreated towards
the jungle which was close by, and a number of the men, armed
with spears and choppers, ran out to intercept him.
The man who
was in front tried to run his spear through the animal's body,
but the Mias seized it in his hands, and in an instant got hold
of the man's arm, which he seized in his mouth, making his teeth
meet in the flesh above the elbow, which he tore and lacerated in
a dreadful manner. Had not the others been close behind, the man
would have keen more seriously injured, if not killed, as he was
quite powerless; but they soon destroyed the creature with their
spears and choppers. The man remained ill for a long time, and
never fully recovered the use of his arm.
They told me the dead Mias was still lying where it had been
killed, so I offered them a reward to bring it up to our landing-
place immediately, which they promised to do. They did not come,
however, until the next day, and then decomposition had
commenced, and great patches of the hair came off, so that it was
useless to skin it. This I regretted much, as it was a very fine
full-grown male. I cut off the head and took it home to clean,
while I got my men to make a closed fence about five feet high
around the rest of the body, which would soon be devoured by
maggots, small lizards, and ants, leaving me the skeleton.
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