Chapter I: Front Matter

With the Dyaks of Borneo

BY Captain Brereton

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=Jones of the 64th=: Battles of Assaye and Laswaree. 5_s._
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=A Soldier of Japan=: A Tale of the Russo-Japanese War. 5_s._
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=With Shield and Assegai=: A Tale of the Zulu War. 3_s._ 6_d._
=Under the Spangled Banner=: The Spanish-American War. 3_s._ 6_d._
=With the Dyaks of Borneo=: A Tale of the Head Hunters. 3_s._ 6_d._
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=In the Grip of the Mullah=: Adventure in Somaliland. 3_s._ 6_d._
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LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

With The Dyaks of Borneo

A Tale of the Head Hunters

BY

CAPTAIN F. S. BRERETON

Author of "Kidnapped by Moors" "A Boy of the Dominion" "The Hero of Panama" "Tom Stapleton, the Boy Scout" &c.

_ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I_.

NEW EDITION

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

CONTENTS

CHAP. Page

I. TYLER RICHARDSON 9

II. EASTWARD HO! 24

III. PREPARING FOR A JOURNEY 40

IV. A TRAITOR AND A VILLAIN 58

V. ESCAPE FROM THE SCHOONER 76

VI. COURAGE WINS THE DAY 96

VII. FLIGHT ACROSS THE LAND 116

VIII. MEETING THE DYAKS 136

IX. ON FOOT THROUGH THE JUNGLE 156

X. THE PIRATE STRONGHOLD 176

XI. A MIDNIGHT ENCOUNTER 196

XII. CAPTAIN OF A FLEET 216

XIII. THE RAJAH OF SARAWAK 236

XIV. A DANGEROUS ENTERPRISE 256

XV. OFF TO THE RIVER SABEBUS 274

XVI. HEMMED IN 294

XVII. DANGER AND DIFFICULTY 314

XVIII. A NARROW ESCAPE 334

XIX. AN ATTACK UPON THE STOCKADES 354

XX. THE END OF THE CHASE 373

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

THE PIRATES' STRONGHOLD _Frontispiece_ 185

THE FIGHT AT THE STERN 78

"HE SPRANG AT TYLER" 138

THE CONFERENCE WITH THE TRIBESMEN 150

ELUDING THE PIRATES 238

"HE LAUNCHED THE MISSILE AT THEM" 296