enormous feet and hands, almost the height of a man. His face, as we
saw him, had a particularly savage expression, and he was evidently a
formidable enemy to encounter. Our shouts brought back the rest of the
party, who climbed up with their guns, for we had left ours at the foot
of the cliff.

"A mias! a huge mias!" exclaimed my uncle, as he saw the orang-outan,
levelling his fowling-piece, Potto following his example. The mias was
standing holding on by a branch of a tree, as if about to ascend. At
the report of the fire-arms he hauled himself up to a branch, much as a
sailor would do, and deliberately walked along the bough, evidently
uninjured by the shots, which, if they had not missed altogether, could
have but slightly wounded him. Some of the trees, with large luscious
fruit, had evidently tempted him to come up to this hilly region, as the
mias seldom leaves the flat ground, where he spends the night.
Ascending from the bough, he caught hold of a branch of a tree which
crossed it by one of his long arms, and flung himself on to it with
great deliberation. He did not appear to jump, or spring, or in any way
to hurry himself, but we saw him then go to the end of another branch
and catch hold of an opposing bough. He then grasped them together with
both hands, and finding the other sufficiently strong to support him,
deliberately swung himself on to it; thus on he went among the lofty
summits of the trees, till he was lost to sight.

It was some time before Emily and Grace could get rid of their fright
sufficiently to begin their descent. They had now plenty of people to
assist them, and ropes fastened round their waists to prevent the risk
of accidents. They soon reached the level of the water. We then
proceeded towards the gap. Here we were again stopped for some time,
finding a way by which we might ascend the cliffy sides. However, the
shrubs and the broken under-cliffs enabled us at length to climb up,
passing close to the waterfall formed between the two. The whole party
uttered an exclamation of surprise and delight when we entered within
the circle of the inner lake. The sides were covered with the most
beautiful and luxuriant vegetation. Jungle trees of every description
jutted out from the crevices of the rocks, their trunks and branches
bearing an endless variety of beautiful creepers in brilliant blossom,
hanging down in festoons to the very water's edge. Over our heads,
disturbed at