hooping-cough--setting a broken arm and a few ribs--broken bones cured by smoke--a medicine dance--Indian sweating baths and sudatory--how to manufacture a cheap vapour bath--doctoring in Abyssinia--Mr. Bruce undertakes to cure three queens--our countryman’s description of his interesting patients--grave responsibilities of an Abyssinian physician--“what signifies your curing me if you turn me out like a beggar?”--some wholesome advice for eastern travellers--stimulants to be avoided--no water too cold to bathe in. Pages 67–87. PART IX. SAVAGE WARFARE. CHAP. XXI.--The most warlike savage--hereditary pirates in Borneo--a fleet of ninety-eight pirate ships--Rajah Brooke and the pirates--a visit to the fleet--hunting for pirates--the “Didos” excursion--the adventures of the “Jolly Bachelor”--“many a slip twixt the hand and the ship”--a startler for a pirate chief--no quarter with Dayaks--the victorious Jolly Bachelor--a pirate hero--the Dayak considered as a soldier--a council of war--preparations for a tremendous battle--swords and spears and muskets and ranjows--_two_ gunners to one musket--how the engine is loaded--Bornean fighting tactics--advance of Sir J. Brooke’s troops--the rival armies chaff each other--the warrior Nacota recounts an instance of his able generalship--“you hit me, that’s all!”--the Dayak sumpitan--how it is carried, loaded, and discharged--poisoned arrows--the _ilang_-weapons of the Amazonian Indians--the _pecuna_ and its use--its similitude to the Bornean sumpitan--the Indian blow-gun--a war dance among the Illanuns and Gillolos--head hunting in Borneo--fray between the Sigos and the Singé--a disgusting trophy--hanging up the heads--Sir J. Brooke’s defence of Bornean customs--the brain hunters of the Philippine Islands--La Gironiere’s experience of a brain feast--a horrible cup--the Bornean savage compared with others. Pages 88–106.