The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-21
IN THE Junelss or MALAYSIA.
Wild Game in the Islands Of Borneo
Java and Sumasra.

IN The JONGlES OF MALAYSIA.
Wild Game in the Islands Of Bornso.
Java and Sumasra.
OF the three great islands of the
Malay peninsula, as big game resort
is the worst. In Sumatrs all the great
mammalian varieties are 70 be found
the tiger, the elephant, rhinoceros, Ia
pir, orang-outang. siamang, etc. in
Java. the elephant tapir and orang-
outang are missing, but the rhinoceros
and tiger are represented In Borneo
all these large animals are unknown
now, though. doubtless, they existed
there in former days. samatra offers
visitors than the other two mentioned
above for several reason. The climate
is worse, venomous snakes are more
numerous, and the greater part of the
island. which is still unopened up, is
occupied by Batak tribes, who do not
encourage strangers
This part of the word has beer ex-
tensiveiy colonized by the Dutch who
seem to have made themselves UNI YER
sally hated. owing to the high-hauded
manner with which they treated the
natives. If the stranger can succeed in
persuading the Malay that though
white he is not Dutchman, he viii
probably be well received. People VINO
have had an opportunity of judging of
their character pronounce these natives
TO be peaceable, docile, sober and in
dustrious, and the most truthful OF the
Asiatic races, and, in addition, skillful
workers.
The shikari will find the going bad in
such regions as have no roads. For hours
sometimes he will have To wade waist
deep in Shiny slush. not unfrequently
finding himself, like the Irishman in the
story, up TO the ankles in mud" but
as he forgot to mention, head down
ward" Added to this he must be pre-
pared to view every thing through per-
feet maze Of mosquitoes Such is the
home of the white rhinoceros, and
thither the hunter must ven
ture who wishes TO get q shot
at him. This, it may be remarked,
Is by no means synonymous with
bagging his pachydermstous majesty.
Indeed. he oftener than not turns the
tables on his pursuer. and this consid-
erably takes the gilt off the ''shi-
kariar gingerbread This monster is
said to be the only animal that will at
tack man unprovoked, apd considering
that, unwieldy though he looks, he can
go as fast as horse, the encounter is
no joke. The retreating hunters best
course is to seek safety up tree; though
unless it is pretty stout one, this will
not better his position much. Even If it
is he may be ''treed" there for q con-
siderable time. Unless European is
firearms this branch of sport is better |
left untried. However, should he be
sufficiently venturesome TO attempt the |
Sumatra jungle in spite of the above |
enumerated drawbacks. he will prob |
ably find an undisturbed and we'll |
stocked hunting ground, the island be-
ing, as / have been assured. fairly |
creeping with tigers" The czarowitz |
has survived his trip TO these parts, SO |
that there is no reason why Others |
should be deferred SO long as they use
ordinary care.
Monkeys abound In endless variety in
all these islands, but especially in
Borneo. The most remarkable birds
were the hornbills. peacocks. pigeons of
various kinds, and a very handsome
pheasant also several water birds, wad-
ers and lovely kingfishers There are
said to be no less than $40 species of
land birds known to inhabit this isle of
Java, while at least forty are peculiar
to it On the other hand, no less than
sixteen genera found in the adjacent
islands are absent from this one. Rhi-
noceros, leopards, wild dogs, and other
smaller game arc TO be met with, and
deer are abundant, but there are no
or goats
To the botanist Java would be full of
interest, the beauty and variety of its
fora being amazing. This island is
very rich in fresh water fishes, reptiles,
and insects of all kinds-too rich in the
two last named, some people think
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