Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . nd distributedamong all of them, the otter thus saving the expeditionthirty-two rations of dried fish that evening and nextmorning. To each side of the head was attached apowerful long spine which stood straight out. The na-tives called the fish kendokat. At one place where the water ran smoothly, one manfrom each prahu pulled its rattan rope, the rest saw the Penyahbong who was dragging my prahu sud-denly catch sight of something under the big stones overwhich he
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . nd distributedamong all of them, the otter thus saving the expeditionthirty-two rations of dried fish that evening and nextmorning. To each side of the head was attached apowerful long spine which stood straight out. The na-tives called the fish kendokat. At one place where the water ran smoothly, one manfrom each prahu pulled its rattan rope, the rest saw the Penyahbong who was dragging my prahu sud-denly catch sight of something under the big stones overwhich he walked, and then he stopped to my seat I perceived a yellowish snake about oneand a half metres long swimming under and among thestones. A man from the prahu following ours came for-ward quickly and began to chase it in a most determinedmanner. With his right hand he caught hold of thetail and twisted it; then, as the body was underneaththe junction of two stones, with his left hand he triedto seize the head which emerged on the other side. Thesnake was lively and bit at his hand furiously, which he.
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