, 1869-05-16
the MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,
Hunting the Orang-Utan.
M0nnd-N1aking Birds and Mud
Volcanoes.
Sage and Its Manufacture.


naSO anu LIS Manufacture,
The Blrds of Paradise.
TIE oRASG-UTAN AND THE BIRD OF PAR I
ADlsE A Narrative Of travel, With stables Of |
. man asa aatase: p ALseED Rrsak1 WALI4cx
Negro" "Paln Trees Of he Amazon" etc |
New fork: Harper Bros, Chicago: Western ]
News Company. 1867.
The Volume bttort rs Is I record oi tr1ve |
through comparatively unknown reRon-.ne |
Island Srpups of tie 4alay Archipelago, made BY |
NJ. Wallace, m enthusiastic naturalist, who I
spent seferal Years In those regions making col.
aecttprA The book Is one or exceeding interest,
both In point Of nAtufal history. physica1 geog-
raphy and the mArnen and customs Of the peo-
pie. few extracts will give the reader Z batter
idea oi the book than any review, which We may
preface by. the single remark that the work IS
ven handsomely prepared tn 4 mechanical point
Of view, and prpfnselr illustrated
TIE osASG-CTN.
One OF the chief objects Of tae writer In visiting
Dorneo Was to study the Ors1g-Ckan in hit na1lSe
haun1s auh obtain spec!mehA He 'st1cs the fol-
loving narrative Of his experience in hunting the
animal which Ia called the !" tnIas" hy the uA1iyea;
Exactly week ar1er bad caught this inser-
estlD4 little ANIMAL succeeded 10 shooting 4
full- grown male orang -utan. hsd lust come home
rashea @ ia, ous oi SseasS win running ind e1cits.
heut, ard exclaimed, interrupted by gasp5. Get
n ggn t'.ee 91icxsnsa 81, y .rEs sA
s II esea hin I'll c,ase i, - IT, On s he psn @
enseed sae to T. IL ne seuss III ns lime 80 cisd
Charley 2 sstas Al .ss aapaen .ttsi ne :
tho mines led along the Side OF the hill LITTLE way
up its slope and parallel with Il At the foot i
In vhich sesesa, CaInaInea xefc workiug 10 that
thc animal could 20! escape 9ltoshe sxaInry for
eat below Without descending n czoas the foaA OF
cautiously alopR, not making the leest nolse znd
listening AtsentirelJ Tor any sonnd which might
oetray the presenee of tae ntas, ssnpptnx nt u
| tessals 70 gaze upwatd chsse! 5000 joined US
nj the place whsIe he haa SEED the creature, and
] having taken the ammunition an1 put bnilet In
| Inst II nus. BE- sonevnese near, Is II hid PROP
| lily descended the hill and would not he likely 10
retu1n again. AtteE q short time, hea1d a yer.
up, could see uothlns moved about IN
eveH direction to get full v!eT into
Fa pa st.Dpa IF 9s s assl saaf The xsHe .s@e
noise hut 9oudes. aul 81 r the leaves shaklng as
il caused BY the motion Of some heavy animal
diately shouted for al Of them " come up anl II!
| to get a view, so sa to ALLOW me to have shot
THIS was not an easy matter, ss the MAS had
nssth " 90 sonn nopsve1 one ni ths 1Stnrs
| called me and poii!ted upward. ana. oo looking,
onn VI fn rTest netohf = r. Mc111v
to In5w what was mallng such disturbance BE-
/ low instantly dred. md he made VI At once,
l h;,n N'' ~'H'' A'> '1sA 49, "Ne LAVA 11'4 -"
y lie pow moved veu rapidly md very noise
folIayw and tern him II. ssght wh.1e 1oaar,i TIE
m1no,r Wa. here fnl nf ,ssys snuusr fragments . n
rceE from the mountain above, and thick with
ann crs+n,nv NM nn,on1 tbrse ~ rsme m wtth the
cfsa,uss On he % tois Of hit nee nssf the sosd,
Where tns ch'nssn I'D aissoxssed ~ n sa
mese shoet3ns tneH sasons1menT mh e o5cn
5cendine, hs .atnsn up aSsin toMMu 5ne nai; aaa
mar j. liz tii1e r hi assin rsaensa ~ r.sh !:
teass snd p pFo'se.ed ,1 ~ ne la1ge @ 'faSEe stio
iasatae j ~ - ~, splsadla = Wv , Of @ IN,
Ivy .n9 H.ouH ~ ~ n,u nt " ~ - ~ i ~ ~
s;e a. to- ~ pah b be eos On 70 one Of tne
ses. ttees " tns ausss ~ " u eoul he, ~ o,s M
nE Iaafaa uo~1 S,s ~ tet SaE
vas hidden by thick io1!ags, ard seemed dsin.
tuHeu 70 move. lNas A1A4a ne *ou4u remain
nnd ae "a 5hs 1 pGHnen M ana H. a ~ was f neaTg @ cfen y
ipe. conld aot naFe eot tue tsce Sot Gown tnA!
] uat. thcleioFe Urea 1easn. Aaa ne taen moved
70 some oMeI j. ~ soe Sas ~ y, m,Ea VIM; ,,c n
| iall, md lar I'll IN heap, - II dead or dyIug.
al now Eanted the DyxHs to 80 up and cut on
the 9sAnch ne VIZ resting on ~. tnes "etc
@ sa,e ~ ns % ~ ~ .han s,ap ,n a,seone
t ~ 49, tha n,,Ter .aesaee nS ~ II -
W. pue ~ ts Ht 9th5,t 49, a+rnt ~ -
thought it test to send for two chinsmen WIKI
aas ~ ~ ~, a- e ena - trs nra ~ n,
| ace md climbed towards him bit The mlas 1h,
lot Walt for him TO get nea. moving OF 10 another
0 t1ee, where he got into dense mass OF bsancne.
and cfssptts "1!sn alnnoss eonlPcteiy ~ y ~ n1n
t he Gnr ''. *. e|r. rsms sa,n n,d c
through; but Ii ~ 70 held up 6y Jungle rppc:
and climbers to &3hing trees that It fell into !
slorinc rosNfon. 1ne M1as uin uok ~ no,s, anu NJ
nsft 1ns "a near esrninr' md haIT n dora NOR
trees would have to be cur down before the one ht
0 was IN would fall As Last resource
We all beGah rnailnR q inc eteepers, NnieN shooi
e me uee sss. mae q, an4 IT, a,sSr Icy lev n3enuses
W. IA thod VI III ia [hs Ss =, "s
~ ~. ~ 10 ns nssS w nn. =. 3t
6x.ne ~ = le5ss = - mans u =. q II;
kinH eshea oy , I2e b{sks, miA ~ cnaPpan ~ o
~, ~ ,T. ~ nr 5oia ~ ~ ..ah ~
@ ~ ,ns ass ~ " fs, Inq
tnrhs srrcss sns hts netoNt me.s,,ri "a ~, fro1
lie @ M. of ,hc neat n he n1ei Was fonr fe, ~
= insasra ~ Tie sxsds, fls, below the arms. va
s ti.rs,, feef twn Hshrs rcund. .ri wa 1T11its q
innK IN Hrs,rtttn a WIG 'eos eAses'''os e"0'
% nuuo. ,ua, TUE 1.asa, ngR,oS, :, ,o.u.o z.,.n
u .n ~ .tas ny y, -
ne!d N soen hsn es'eem oy shc ua''ses tHal 'oe
! n tbna ,,e.c,i,et.
u.1s .rs - - ,,,.- 49,.
~ tree. soneEnat Resembling an elm IN il aener
ia Sna1aeteT hui Win tnntn smooth ana seav hss
,~ TIC 1tM. ronna or e!ashtt! osaa a!out tne =,
u. S M ~ s,,nt y, - .,es tns :. ~ ~ G,T
touch each Other and ere consequently som
r what he1sSonal, While fht points arr yerJ st1oE
Il auo saatln N'4 ~ volnpetSN nFMeu, taAt u -
II 11rn tse grnnnS rhs nnter rtn' ~ ~ tbi.s ~
ut Tough thst fronu Rhateyet peeht II MAY fail II
never NroScn- FIpU1 the haze to the ApeI. d.