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Title: The panorama of nations : comprising the characteristics of courage, perseverance, enterprise, cunning, shrewdness, vivacity, ingenuity, contempt of danger and of death exhibited by people of the principal nations of the world, as illustrated in narratives of peril and adventure
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Frost, John, 1800-1859
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers
Publisher: Auburn, N.Y. : Beardsley
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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The Malays distinctly described to us two species of wild cattleto be found here, one called Saladang, the other Sapi. On the20th my companions fell in with a herd of nine of the latter.They got up to within one hundred and fifty yards of the herd.Each selected his sapi, fired, and all made ofi; one was seen withhis leg broken, but in a moment they disappeared into the jungle,instead of charging as was expected. Upon following them up,however, one, a fine young cow, was found quite dead, aboutforty yards from where the herd was feeding, struck through theheart with a rifle bullet. Upon this discovery, the gentlemenwith their attendants must have been a treasure for Punch, couldhe have seen them. They capered about, (I only give their ownaccount of the matter immediately after,) shook hands, I am notsure if they did not kiss each other, but at all events their joywas tolerably exuberant. The Shikaris they had with them pro-posed all manner of observances for future luck; first, it was
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HUNTING IN THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 435 gravely propouiulod that all the guns should be left on the spotfor the night, but upoQ further deliberation it was deemed suffi-cient to put their muzzles to the wounds, pass them under theanimal, and anoint each of the gentlemen on the forehead with alittle of the blood. Some other poojahs were gone tK-ough toprevent the tigers demolishing the carcass, which was left in thejungle, it being night, minus the head and tail, brought home intriumph and displayed before the writer, who could make but apoor set-off against such spolia in a very good specimen of a jun-gle-cock. Next day was devoted to the cutting up of this splen-did beast. The following is a description of it made on the spot.The Sapi has much the general appearance of the Bali cattle, but hasnot the white patch on the buttocks; the horns are small, curvedinwards, white tipped with black; the forehead is flat, with atuft of long hair on it, particularly on the bulls; the back iscurved

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