f the camp!--Mortal
weariness--A morning greeting without any
compliments--A first meeting--In the
village--_Ala_ against the Orang-putei " 22

Chapter IV: New friends--Gold--An English official--
The purchase of my future treasure--Administrative
simplicity--England teaches!--The "sla pui"--Bitter
disappointment--The Sam-Sam--The poison of the
Savage and the venom of the Civilized " 31

Chapter V: Great Mother Earth--A dangerous meeting--
A living statue--Here or there?--An unrelished
supper--A dreaded immigration--A glance into
the past--A rape which was not a rape--A noble
task--Towards the mountain--Tiger-shooting--The
Sakais in town--Alloyed sweets--Musical tastes--
Hurrah for the free forest! " 42

Chapter VI: The great Sorceress--The forest seen from
above--A struggle for life--The crimes of plants--
Everlasting twilight--Births and deaths--Concerts
by forest vocalists--The "durian"--The "ple-lok"--
Vastnesses unexplored by science--Treasures
intact--Para Rubber--The Samaritans of the
jungle--The forest and its history " 59

Chapter VII: The snares of civilized life--Faust's
invocation--The dangers of the forest--Serpents--
A perilous adventure--Carnivorous and herbivorous
animals--The "sladan"--The man of the wood " 75

Chapter VIII: An official appointment--A tour
of inspection--Lost in the forest--I find a
philosopher--Lycurgus and his laws--A contented
mind is a continual feast--A night among the
tigers--On the Berumbum--I sleep with a serpent--
The last of many--Safe from trap and arrow--The
coronation of King Edward VII " 85

Chapter IX: The origin of the Sakais--Hypothesis
and legend--Physical character--Thick tresses,
gay flowers and troublesome guests--Hereditary
antipathy--The five senses reduced to two--
Food and drink--Tranquil life--Intolerance of
authority--Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law--
Logical laziness--A Sakai journalist--The story
of a mattress " 107

Chapter X: The Sakai woman--Conjugal fidelity--A life
of labour--Betrothals and nuptials--Love among
the Sakais--Divorcement--No kissing--Chastity--
Bigamy