 Reference Base  The Karean tribes or aborigines of Martaban and Tavai, wi... |
|
Low, J., 1850. The Karean tribes or aborigines of Martaban and Tavai, with notices of the aborigines in Keddah and Perak. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia 4: 413-432
|
|
|
|
| |
| Location: |
Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Peninsular |
| Subject: |
Distribution - Poaching |
| Species: |
Asian Rhino Species |
 |
|
|
Semangs in Perak, Malaysia - same text in Begbie 1834: 7. The rhinoceros is found frequently in marshy places. Towards the close of the rainy season, they are said to bury themselves in this manner in different places, and upon the dry weather setting in, and from the powerful effects of the vertical sun, the mud becomes hard and crusted, and the rhinoceros cannot effect an escape without considerable difficulty and exertion. The Semang prepare themselves with large quantities of combustible material with which they quietly approach the animal, who is aroused from his reverie by an immense fire over him, which is kept well supplied by the Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction and renders him in a fit state to make a meal of.
|
|
|
File available
details
Original text on this topic: