. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. k»..ii VIII LIFE ON THE RIVERS 141 the eyes of the reptile it may release him, escapein this way is not unknown. In the case ofa fatal issue, the men of the village turn out toavenge the outrage, and, in the case of the seizureof an important person, those of neighbouringvillages will join them. All available boats aremanned by men armed with spears, some of whichare lashed to the ends of long poles. Congregatingin their boats near the scene of the di
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. k»..ii VIII LIFE ON THE RIVERS 141 the eyes of the reptile it may release him, escapein this way is not unknown. In the case ofa fatal issue, the men of the village turn out toavenge the outrage, and, in the case of the seizureof an important person, those of neighbouringvillages will join them. All available boats aremanned by men armed with spears, some of whichare lashed to the ends of long poles. Congregatingin their boats near the scene of the disaster, themen prod the bed of the river with their spears,working systematically up and down river and upthe small side streams. In this way they succeedin stabbing some of the reptiles; and in this case,though they usually do not rise to the surface, theirbodies are found after some days in the creeks,death having ensued from the inflammation set up inthe wounds. The wound caused by a spear-thrustwould seldom be fatal to the crocodile, but that thewound is liable to the perpetual assaults of smallercreatures—fish while he is in the w
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