"This situation in Sarawak as seen by Haddon in 1888 is still much the same today. He found a series of racial strata moving downwards in society and backwards in time as he moved inwards on the island." Chap. 1, p. 1

"You go just to see rhinoceros? But they eat people in there! They're cannibals! Blowpipes! Phut. Phut. You die. No Noise. Very better than a gun." Chap. 3, p. 10

"I want permission to go up the Baleh to its headwaters and then to climb Mount Tiban. James Fenton and I wish to re-discover the Borneo rhinoceros." Chap. 4, p. 21

"Redmond, I am about to see something marvelous." Chap. 6, p. 43

"Of course, it doesn't matter now he's drowned, but you should have placed yourself behind him on the rope." Chap. 7, p. 57

"Look—don't tell James, because he wouldn't like it, he's do modest. But, in England, he's very famous. HE is...