 Semang prepare themselves with large quantities of combustible materials with which they quietly approach the animal, who is aroused from his reverie by an immense fire over him, which being kept well supplied by the Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes...  The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago: Papuans - Seite 154von George Windsor Earl - 1853 - 239 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Anderson - 1824 - 438 Seiten
...Scioang* with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction and render* him in a Hi slate to make a Meul of. The projecting horn on" the Snout is carefully preserved, being supposed to be posscsied of medicinal properties and highly prized by the Malays, to whom they b*rfer it for their... | |
 | Peter James Begbie, Diptendra M. Banerjee - 1834 - 598 Seiten
...with which they quiet" ly approach the animal, who is aroused from " his reverie by an immense fire, which being " kept well supplied by the Semangs with...renders " him in a fit state to make a meal of. The pro" jecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved, " being supposed to be possessed of medicinal... | |
 | Edmund Roberts - 1837 - 484 Seiten
...animal, who is aroused from his revery by an immense fire over him, which being kept well supplied with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction and...carefully preserved, being supposed to be possessed of medical properties, and highly prized by the Malays, to whom they barter it for tobacco and other articles.... | |
 | Thomas John Newbold - 1839 - 542 Seiten
...Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction, leaving him, also, well roasted for dinner. The projecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved,...medicinal properties, and highly prized by the Malays." The Udai tribe is little known. Many Malays believe they are a class of Jakuns; while others affirm... | |
 | Thomas John Newbold - 1839 - 536 Seiten
...Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction, leaving him, also, well roasted for dinner. The projecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved,...medicinal properties, and highly prized by the Malays." The Udai tribe is little known. Many Malays believe they are a class of Jakuns ; while others affirm... | |
 | t.j. newbold - 1839 - 524 Seiten
...Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction, leaving him, also, well roasted for dinner. The projecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved,...medicinal properties, and highly prized by the Malays." The Udai tribe is little known. Many Malays believe they are a class of Jakuns; while others affirm... | |
 | 1840 - 430 Seiten
...Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction, leaving him, also, well roasted for dinner. The projecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved,...medicinal properties, and highly prized by the Malays." " The features of all the tribes that have fallen under my observation, viz., the Jakun, or Sakkye,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1865 - 842 Seiten
...body immersed in the mud, and part of the head only visible. The Malays call the animal ' Badak-Tapa.' or the recluse Rhinoceros. Towards the close of the...and renders him in a fit state to make a meal of." DTDIAM RHINOCEROS.— Rhinoceni unfcornu. In every species of Rhinoceros the sight appears to be rather... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 822 Seiten
...immense fire over him, which, being kept well supplied by the Semangs with fresh fuel, soon complete? his destruction, and renders him in a fit state to make a monl of I.NIH AN RHINOCEROS.— RMntetnt u;iuviau. In every species of Rhinoceros the sight appears... | |
 | Marco Polo - 1871 - 592 Seiten
...one-horned species (Rh. sotidaicus ?) is also found on Sumatra (3d ed. of his // of Sumatra, p. 116). Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction,...and renders him in a fit state to make a meal of" (/ Iiiif. Arch. IV. 426).* There is a great difference in aspect between the one-horned species (Rh.... | |
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