Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines

Arrival at Florida Blanca--The Schoolmaster's House Kept by Pupils in their Master's Absence--Everyday Scenes at Florida Blanca--A Filipino Sunday--A Visit to the Cock-fighting...

My stay in British North Borneo--Visit to a Tobacco Estate (Batu Puteh)--Start for the Birds'-nest Caves--News of the Local Chief's Death--Applicants for the Panglima-ship--We V...

Rumours at Cape Nelson of a "Duckfooted" People in the Interior--Conflicting Opinions--Views of a Confirmed Sceptic--Start of the Expedition--Magnificence of the Vegetation--Fri...

Expedition against the Doboduras--We hear reports about a Web-footed Tribe--Landing at the Mouth of the Musa River--A Good Bag--Barigi River Reached--A Flight of Torres Straits...

A Severe Bout of Malaria in the Wilds--The "Seamy Side" of Exploration--Unfortunate Shooting of the Chief's Dog--Filipino Credulity--Stories of the Buquils and their Bearded Wom...

Fijian Huts--Abundance of Game and Fish--Methods of Capture--A Fijian Practical Joke--Fijian Feasts--Fun after Dinner--A Court Jester in Fiji--Drinking, Dress, and Methods of Mo...

I leave the Main Stream and journey up the Sarekei--A Stream overarched by Vegetation--House 200 feet long--I make Friends with the Chief--My New Quarters--Rarity of White Men--...

The "Orang-utan" and the "Man of the Jungle"--Voyage to Sarawak--The Borneo Company, Limited--Kuching, a Picturesque Capital--Independence of Sarawak--I meet the Rajah and the C...

Further Expedition Planned--Thank-offerings of Notu Chiefs--The Voyage--A Gigantic Flatfish--Negotiating a Difficult Bar--Moat Unhealthy Spot in New Guinea--Hostility of Natives...

Journey into the Interior of Great Fiji--A Guide Secured--The Start--Arrival at Navua--Extraction of Sago--Grandeur of Scenery--A Man covered with Monkey-like Hair--A Strangely...

Journey to Taviuni--Samoan Songs--Whistling for the Wind--Landing on Koro--Nabuna--Samoans and Fijians Compared--Fijian Dances and Angona Drinking--A Hurricane in the Southern S...

War Ceremonies and Dances at Natondre Described--The Great Chief of Nambukaluku--The Dances continued--A Fijian Feast--A Native Orator--The Ceremonies concluded--The Journey con...

I was busily engaged in writing my notes of the day, with my rifle by my side, when suddenly a shot rang out, followed by another and another, then a volley from all the sentrie...

Horrible Fate of one of our Enemies--Collecting in Cannibal--Haunted Forest--I Shoot a new Kingfisher, and a Bird of Paradise--Natives' Interest in Bird-Stuffing--Return Journey...