. Errance parmi les sauvages de la mer du Sud et à Bornéo et aux Philippines. La nuit. Quand on leur a demandé pourquoi ils ont attaqué theNotus, les prisonniers ont dit qu'ils étaient amicaux jusqu'à il y a deux ans, quand ils se sont querellés, et ils se sont toujours battus depuis. En particulier, ils ont maintenant blâmé le Notus pour la sécheresse tardive, qu'ils ont dit était due à leur sorcellerie, le résultat qu'ils ont été forcés de vivre sur sagou seul, et de modifier ce régime ont été obligés d'obtenir de la viande d'humance. J'étais le seul homme blanc sur cinq qui n'avait pas de fièvre, mais j'étais content que nous ayons passé une nuit tranquille, sans aucune attaque sur le camp. Dans Mo

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. Wanderings among South sea savages and in Borneo and the Philippines. at night. When asked why they raided theNotus, the prisoners said that they were friendsuntil two years ago, when they quarrelled, andhad been constantly fighting since. In particularthey now blamed the Notus for the late drought, which they said was due to their sorcery, the resultbeing that they were forced to live on sago alone, and to vary this diet were compelled to get humanmeat. I was the only one out of five white men notdown with fever, but I was glad that we passeda quiet night, with no attack on the camp. Inthe morning one of our carriers, who venturedless than fifty yards beyond the barrier, receiveda spear through his left arm and another throughhis side, and though I am almost afraid to relateit for fear of being thought guilty of exaggeration, the man plucked the spear out of his side in amoment, and, hurling it back, kiUed his opponent.I ventured outside and proved the truth of themans story, by finding the Dobodura man trans-fixed with his own spear. Both our mans woimds. QO n M m O A NARROW ESCAPE 151 were bad ones, but he did not seem to mind themat all, and was for some time surrounded by acrowd of admiring natives. We started off early in search of a large villageof which a prisoner told us, -but had not gonefar when a man jumped out of the long grassand threw a spear at one of our carriers, only afew paces in front of me. Fortunately he missedhim, but only by a few inches. As he was pre-paring to throw another spear, one of our men, whom he had not noticed, owing to an abruptbend in the narrow track, which brought himclose to the spearman, sprang forward and buriedhis stone club in the mans head, who sank downwithout a groan. It was cloudy, but very close, and we passedthrough open grass country, bounded on eachside by tall forest, in which bird-life seemedplentifid, cockatoos and parrots making a greatnoise. Birds of paradise were also calling outwith their very noticeable and

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