Wanderings Among South Sea Savages
And in Borneo and the Philippines
H. Wilfrid Walker
Preface
CHAPTER 1. Life in the Home of a Fijian Prince.
CHAPTER 2. My Further Adventures with Ratu Lala.
CHAPTER 3. Among Ex-Cannibals in Fiji.
CHAPTER 4. Mock War-Scene at the Chief's House.
CHAPTER 5. At Home Among Filipinos and Negritos.
CHAPTER 6. A Chapter of Accidents.
CHAPTER 7. On the War-Trail in Cannibal Papua.
CHAPTER 8. We Are Attacked By Night.
CHAPTER 9. On the War-Trail Once More.
CHAPTER 10. The Return From Dobodura.
CHAPTER 11. Our Discovery of Flat-Footed Lake Dwellers.
CHAPTER 12. On the War-Path in Borneo.
CHAPTER 13. Home-Life Among Head-Hunting Dayaks.
CHAPTER 14. Visit to the Birds'-nest Caves of Gomanton.
To
My brother Charles
This record of my wanderings
in which he took so deep an interest,
is affectionately dedicated.
Preface
In a book of this kind it is often the custom to begin by making apologies. In my case I feel it to be a
sheer necessity. In the first place what is here printed is for the greater part copied word for word from
private letters that I wrote in very simple language in Dayak or Negrito huts, or in the lonely depths of
tropical forests, in the far-off islands of the Southern Seas. I purposely made my letters home as concise
as possible, so that they could be easily read, and in consequence have left out much that might have
been interesting. It is almost unnecessary to mention that when I wrote these letters I had no thought
whatever of writing a book. If I had thought of doing so, I might have mentioned more about the
customs, ornaments and weapons of the natives and have written about several other subjects in greater
detail. As it is, a cursory glance will show that this book has not the slightest pretence of being
"scientific." Far from its being so, I have simply related a few of the more interesting incidents, such as
would give a GENERAL IMPRESSION of my life among savages, during my wanderings in many parts
of the world, extending over nearly a score of years. I should like to have written more about my
wanderings in North Borneo, as well as in Samoa and Celebes and various other countries, but the size of
the book precludes this. My excuse for publishing this book is that certain of my relatives have begged
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