Natural man : a record from Borneo / by Charles Hose ; with a preface by G. Elliot Smith and introduction by Brian Durrans

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This engaging book, which was first published in 1926 and has never been reprinted until now, did more than perhaps any other to dispel the stereotype of Bornean savagery from the public mind. Its author was one of the great figures in the history of colonial Sarawak, with a role and reputation to match his portly frame. In upriver longhouses, old people can still recall or relay stories about his physical size, how news of his imminent arrival sent young men scurrying into the forest for timber to reinforce the floors.