The sun., 1897-01-17
devote his time to yenseance on tho ssarIan

devote his time TO venSeance on tho sanrian
tha. had carried OF his wife. 40.
There was every reason to think that TINS
particular crocodile was one that for two years
had stayed In the river near the village. dur
Ito animals had been carried OF, presumably
by him. He was OF great size. and the N.uh,
seis had got SO famiiar With his prssrn c e, e bs
species when his ugly head appeared from t1c
water al he lay, on come mud bank asleep IN
the sun. But he had proved too wary 10 DO
trapped In any manner. and he ventured upon
tho land only In places that could not % AZ
n opoHGnsd oy 9nSss m %h mto his ,so Waier The
women on the bank and several men at the
village had obtaiued a plain view of his head
and all were sure that IL was tina bad croco-
die that bad done the deed. ,.,,
ary arrangements for capturing the man-eater
ho waited for the saurien's reappearance near
the village. This would not occur until the
and lad become hungry again. II was ten
days before somc boatmen reported having
after SS %as speS arawn sand
bank opposite the village. Then Aka Arwam
went fishing for him. The tackle was . long
short stick Of tough. strong wood, The bal!
was u verv young kid. The stick and the end
wise oi:ts body In such a way that Sharp
pull on tho rattan would cause the stick at the
end to tu-n crosswise. 49,.
fishing ground was tine scene of, the recent
tragedy. the spot where tho women went with
that the crocodile would revisit It tho next time
ho was hungry. unless his attention were
drawn elsewhere by some attractive prey.
While the women. keeping safely near shore.
were filling their Jars. the fisher nan. with a
dozen mon AZ hand to help him. was watching
from shore. Tine women oiled their jarr with
tho usual splash and clattcr and accompnnt.
ment OF feminine laughter aud outer. but
these signs OF their presence failed To cntice
the crocodile into making an appearance.
Then Aka Arwam tried another lure. He took
q white hen. put her head under her wing.
swung her gently round and round until ho
had put her to Sleep as Eoys say. and then
threw her, iike ball! oEt E beyond % the ia ms ss
| senses on striking the water. and. unable TO
rise o fiy. turned shoreward and fut,efcd to
tho bank with splashing and commotion.
This enticcment was more than the eros
odile. who no doubt, had been all the time
lying in wait near by, corld withstand. The
bait vas the hrst thing u come in his way as
and. Just as she landed IN the, bank. the
water surgcd upward about tho bait. which
| instantly disappeared In the Jaws OF the croc-
| odile, whose head came fully in view above the
surface. The kid. purro,ely selected for 4.
| could gorge outright; he lifJed HIS head clear
| OF the water TO swallow. AMI then ns he sank
Arwain already was at tho end Of the rattan.
which was secured ut the shore. His com
pan 'ons jumoed from eonee1ment TO heir
| the crocodile's head came aRuin to the surface,
| and he dashed nerccly about with his tall,
| churning the water into foam with fearful
| strokes. lie was held fast aud strong by the
| stick. turned crosswise IN hts stomach ut Lie
| first hard pull of tho rattan.
| Once caught, tho monster was handled by
his cnptors with an ease that seemed aston
| ishing whcn his size. strength, and great
| agility in the water werc considereC. He waS
| pulled ashore and up the shelving bank In
hurry. Over his tail, more dangerous en- thn
| land than his teeth, rope moose wa'
| slipped and drawn taut with turn round the
| foot OF a tree tr-nk. while his hoad was baulcd
| hard by the rattan IN the opposite direction
| stretching the creatures 'evcrteen feet Of
| length TO the full. IL tic his Jaws together
| under these conditions was al easy matter. and
| then tie reutilo was turned on his back. Tn,
| other Malays stood back while Aka Arwam
| with long. curved knife 10 hand, stood besid,
| the crocodile and upbraidsd 1t for carrying of
| his wife and for its other crimes. As IL,
| Malay talked. his mnnIer became moro We
homent. and his couutenauce took on an ex
| preston of hendish hate. Having gloatcc
! over his enemy for q time. he suddenly stopped
| stuck his knife into the rrocod.le's throht. ant
| then. with long, sSeeping slash. laid IL
| belly open from Jaw TO tail.
| I'm the crocodile's stomach was found sum
| Client proof that IL was the one that had car
| ried away and devourcd the unfortunate wo
| man the week before. Some tressc. of hair.
| fragment OF calico cloth, and a silver armls
she had worn were there to tell their story"