Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten Summary and Analysis

O'Hanlon awakes suddenly, long before dawn. Everyone is asleep. A young girl appears and goes to Leon, asleep next to him, and lifts him up. They are engaged in some sort of sexual activity before long. Then the dawn comes and O'Hanlon makes his was to the river. He wades into the river, in the men's bathing area. He goes to the bathroom and washes off. But as he waded, he came upon the women's bathing place and was naked, barely concealed from them. He walks away and returns to the Kenyah longhouse. Everyone is awake and breakfast has been cooked. O'Hanlon has to deal with diarrhea for a while.

O'Hanlon falls asleep after breakfast for awhile and is awoken by an old man who wants medical aid, and who takes him to...