. Wanderungen unter Südseegaden und in Borneo und den Philippinen. Ereignisse, die ihn von Blutungen zu Tod. Monckton riet sowohl Acland als auch mir selbst, uns mit unseren Revolvern zu schießen, wenn wir sahen, dass wir überwältigt waren, um den feststellbaren Folterungen zu entkommen, und er versicherte uns, dass er die letzte Kugel in seinem eigenen Revolver für sich behalten sollte.Dies war mein erster Geschmack von Krieg. Moncktonhatte viele Kämpfe mit Papua gehabt, und Acland hatte außerdem viele schwere Verpflichtungen im Burenkrieg gesehen, aber er sagte, er würde sich lieber gegen die Buren wehren, als die Infernalturen dieser Kannibalen zu riskieren. 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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