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"It lookee like countly of mias lombi. Cappen Ledwad, if dat wild debbel lib in dem wood below, bettel we go all lound. We tly closs it, may be we get eat up. Singapo tiga not so dang'lous as mias he not common kind, but gleat mias lombi what Poltugee people callee `led golilla." "The red gorilla!" ejaculated Captain Redwood. "Is it the ourang-outang you mean?" "Same ting, Sahib cappen.
Notwithstanding the patois of his speech, what Saloo said was well enough understood by his companions, for in the led golilla or oolang-ootang of his peculiar pronunciation, they recognised the long known and world-renowned ape of Borneo, which, although safe enough when seen inside the cage of the showman, is a creature to be dreaded at least the species spoken of when encountered in its native haunts, the forests of Sumatra and Borneo.
Some call him oolang-ootang, some say led golilla. One kind belly big belly bad he call mias lombi. He cally away women, childen; take 'em up into top ob de highest tallee tlee. Nobody know what he do then. Eat 'em up may be. What fol else he want 'em? Ah! Cappen Ledwad, we dlead de oolang-Dyak. He no half dang'lous like oolang-ootang led golilla."
He went in procession to church to thank God for the wonderful blessing of the Golilla the name of his collar. This unsightly thing became the fashion, and all portraits of men of that time were painted with it. "In regard to the wonderful structure of Philip's moustaches it is said, that, to preserve their form they were encased during the night in perfumed leather covers called bigoteras."
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