In Conclusion I Should Mention That Mr. Oelrechs, Monckton's Assistant,
Had Heard Rumours That We Had All Been Massacred, And
He told me that
he had been seriously thinking of gathering together a large army of
friendly natives to go
Down and avenge us, though I think he would
have found it no easy matter, but, as can be seen, we saved him the
trouble, and so our expedition ended.
Wanderings and Wonders in Borneo.
CHAPTER 12
On the War-Path in Borneo.
The "Orang-utan" and the "Man of the Jungle" - Voyage to Sarawak
- The Borneo Company, Limited - Kuching, a Picturesque Capital -
Independence of Sarawak - I meet the Rajah and the Chief Officials
- Etiquette of the Sarawak Court - The "Club" - The "Rangers" of
Sarawak and their Trophies - Execution by means of the Long Kris -
Degeneracy of the Land Dayaks - Ascent of the Rejang River - Mud
Banks and Crocodiles - Dr. Hose at his Sarawak Home - The Fort at
Sibu - Enormous length of Dayak Canoes - A Brush with Head-Hunters
- Dayak Vengeance on Chinamen - First Impressions of the Sea Dayak,
"picturesque and interesting" - A Head-Hunting raid, Dayaks attack
the Punans - I accompany the Punitive Expedition - Voyage Upstream
- A Clever "Bird Scare" - Houses on the top of Tree-stumps - The
Kelamantans - Kanawit Village - The Fort at Kapit - Capture of a
notorious Head-Hunting Chief - I inspect the "Heads" of the Victims
- Cause of Head-Hunting - Savage Revenge of a Dayak Lover and its
Sequel - Hose's stem Ultimatum - Accepted by the Head-Hunters -
I return to Sibu - A Fatal Misconception.
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