tree cut down that day. I therefore fired again, and he then
moved off, and going up the hill was obliged to get on to some
lower trees, on the branches of one of which he fixed himself in
such a position that he could not fall, and lay all in a heap as
if dead, or dying.

I now wanted the Dyaks to go up and cut off the branch he was
resting on, but they were afraid, saying he was not dead, and
would come and attack them. We then shook the adjoining tree,
pulled the hanging creepers, and did all we could to disturb him,
but without effect, so I thought it best to send for two Chinamen
with axes to cut down the tree. While the messenger was gone,
however, one of the Dyaks took courage and climbed towards him,
but the Mias did not wait for him to get near, moving off to
another tree, where he got on to a dense mass of branches and
creepers which almost completely hid him from our view. The tree
was luckily a small one, so when the axes came we soon had it cut
through; but it was so held up by jungle ropes and climbers to
adjoining trees that it only fell into a sloping position. The
Mias did not move, and I began to fear that after all we should
not get him, as it was near evening, and half a dozen more trees
would have to be cut down before the one he was on would fall. As
a last resource we all began pulling at the creepers, which shook
the tree very much, and, after a few minutes, when we had almost
given up all hope, down he came with a crash and a thud like the
fall of a giant. And he was a giant, his head and body being
fully as large as a man's. He was of the kind called by the Dyaks
"Mias Chappan," or "Mias Pappan," which has the skin of the face
broadened out to a ridge or fold at each side. His outstretched
arms measured seven feet three inches across, and his height,