. Errance parmi les sauvages de la mer du Sud et à Bornéo et aux Philippines. Monckton conseilla à la fois à Acland et à myselfto de nous tirer avec nos revolvers si nous sachions que nous étions submergés, afin d'échapper aux tortures des imposants, et il nous assura qu'il gardouille la dernière balle de son propre revolver pour lui-même.c'était mon premier goût de la guerre. Moncktonhad a eu de nombreux combats avec des Papuans, et Acland, d'ailleurs, a vu de nombreux engagements sévères dans la guerre de Boer, mais il a dit qu'il préférerait combattre les Boers que de risquer les infernaltortures de ces cannibales. IT au,

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. Wanderings among South sea savages and in Borneo and the Philippines. events him from bleeding to death. Monckton advised both Acland and myselfto shoot ourselves with our revolvers if we sawthat we were overwhelmed, so as to escape theseterrible tortures, and he assured us that he shouldkeep the last bullet in his own revolver for himself.This was my first taste of warfare. Moncktonhad had many fights with Papuans, and Acland, besides, had seen many severe engagements inthe Boer war, but he said he would rather befighting the Boers than risking the infernaltortures of these cannibals. It aU, somehow, seemed imreal to me, and I could hardly realisethat I was in serious danger of being tortured, cooked and eaten. It is impossible to depictfaithfilly our weird surroundings. We chattedon for some time, and tried to cheer each otherup by making jokes about the matter, such as This time to-morrow we shall be laughing overthe whole affair, but the depressed tone of ourvoices belied our words, and it proved to be but avery feeble attempt at joking. We longed for. THE AUTHOR WITH KAILI-KAILI FOLLOWERS. [131 SAVED BY A SHOWER 131 the moon, though that would have helped uslittle, as it was cloudy. It is quite unnecessary to go into further detailsof that awful night. I know we aU owned upafterward that it was the most trying nightwe had ever spent, and for my part I hope Imay never spend another like it. None of us gota wink of sleep. I tried to sleep, but I was tooexcited to do so; besides, aU my pockets werecrammed full of rifle and revolver cartridges, andI had my revolver strapped to my side, ready foran attack, or in case we got separated in theconfusion that was sure to ensue. At about3 a.m. it began to rain, the first rain we had hadin New Guinea for five or six weeks, and thatsaved us, for we learned later on that about thattime the Doboduras were gathering together fora rush on our camp, when the rain set in, and, oddas it may seem, we heard that they had a super-sti

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