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GO MANNER OF LIFE<br />

to <strong>the</strong> nearest Government station, <strong>the</strong> reward is claimed,<br />

and he is afterwards cut open, and <strong>the</strong> contents <strong>of</strong> his<br />

stomach examined.<br />

Though <strong>the</strong> animal is spoken to in such flattering terms<br />

before he is secured, <strong>the</strong> moment his arms and legs are<br />

bound across his back and he is powerless for evil, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

howl at him and deride him for his stupidity.<br />

The pr<strong>of</strong>essional crocodile catchers are generally Malays,<br />

who are sent for whenever <strong>the</strong>ir services are required.<br />

But <strong>the</strong>re are <strong>Dyaks</strong> who have given up <strong>the</strong>ir old super-<br />

stitious dread <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> animal, and are expert crocodile<br />

catchers.

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