Like those noble animals, I too was used to it, and it did not affect my appetite.

The children here were more shy than at Tabokan, and I could not persuade them to play.

I therefore turned showman myself, and exhibited the shadow of a dog's head eating, which pleased them so much that all the village in succession came out to see it.

The "rabbit on the wall" does not do in Borneo, as there is no animal it resembles.

The boys had tops shaped something like whipping-tops, but spun with a string.
The next morning we proceeded as before, but the river had become so rapid and shallow and the boats were all so small, that though I had nothing with me but a change of clothes, a gun, and a few cooking utensils, two were required to take me on.