RAN AWAY FROM THE DUTCH OR BORNEO FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY M. T. H. PERELAER Late of the Dutch Indian Service Translated by MAURICE BLOK, and adapted by A. P. MENDES LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON St. Dunstan’s House Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C. 1887 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Bapa Andong’s Raft, Frontispiece. The Night Funeral, 20 Johannes as a Pangareran, 72 An Ambassador from the Colonel, 190 Wienersdorf and Hamadoe, 239 Kiham Hoeras and its Passage, 261 Moving the Rangkans Overland, 302 Rescue of Schlickeisen, 325 Hunting for Gold, 333 A Sign of the Enemy, 354 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. A MILITARY REPORT—FOUR DESERTERS—BABA POETJIENG—A LETTER—A COMPASSIONATE DOCTOR, HIS REFLECTIONS—FIRST INTRODUCTION TO TOMONGGONG—THE TITIH—A CHOLERA FUNERAL—RIFLE SHOT AND CANNON SHOT 1 CHAPTER II. WHISPERING—LUCULLUS MISTAKEN FOR AN ANIMAL—JOHANNES’ PLAN—A GRATEFUL SMUGGLER—JOHANNES A GEOGRAPHER—A MIRACULOUS HAUL OF FISHES—LA CUEILLE’S PROMISE—DRINKING WATER—DEPARTURE 22 CHAPTER III. A DRUNKEN MAN’S TALK—ON THE SEA—JOHANNES UP A TREE—UP THE KAHAJAN—AN ÆOLIAN HARP—THE SOENGEI TROESSAN—IN THE DAHASAN—A WOOD SPECTRE—A MOSQUITO CHARM—FURTHER PLANS—LOOK OUT FOR YOUR HEAD—SUITS OF BLACK 35 CHAPTER IV. A STRANGE DAYAK—PAINTING A COMPLEXION—SHEIK MOHAMMED AL MANSOER— TOO HANDSOME FOR A DAYAK—IN THE FOREST MARSHES—DASSO AND DOETA— TWO BOTTLES OF DOCTORED GIN—THE BIRDS WINGED 49 CHAPTER V. ON THE JOURNEY—A PREVENTIVE AGAINST MOSQUITOES—THE SOENGEI BASARANG—THE KAPOEAS—PAST POELOE KANAMIT—THE BOAR’S HEAD—A TRUE DAYAK MEAL—FOUND IN THE WOOD—A PANGARERAN PUTTING OUT FISHING-HOOKS—THE CAPTURE OF A CROCODILE—THE SOENGEI MANTANGEI—FIGHT WITH A BOA CONSTRICTOR—A SKIRMISH—THE JOURNEY RESUMED 59 CHAPTER VI. THE WOUNDED GO TO KWALA KAPOEAS—THE MANTANGEI AND THE MENKATIP—THE COMMANDER IN PURSUIT—AT SEA—PURSUIT OF THE FUGITIVES—THE SCHOONER—THE RETURN—ON THE TRACK AT LAST—DEPARTURE FROM MANTANGEI—WHITE SAIL—FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE HEAD-HUNTERS—LA CUEILLE WOUNDED—A FUNERAL CEREMONY 85 CHAPTER VII.