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Aboo snatched forth his arm with a howl of pain. One of his fingers was bleeding profusely, and the marks of tiny teeth showed plainly where Baboo had closed them on the offending hand. "Biak, Baboo, mari!" First the round, soft face of the small miscreant appeared; then the head, and then the naked little body.
It is this bird which is most commonly used in ladies' head-dresses in this country, and also forms an important article of commerce in the East. The Paradisea papuana has a comparatively wide range, being the common species on the mainland of New Guinea, as well as on the islands of Mysol, Salwatty, Jobie, Biak and Sook.
He kept his Sampan Besar, or big boat, with its crew at our disposal day after day. One day I showed him the American flag. He gazed at it thoughtfully and said, "Biak!" I tried to explain. He listened for a moment. "Big as Negri Blanda?" "A thousand times larger!" The old fellow shook his head sadly, and looked at me reproachfully. "Tidah! Tidah!" Holland all red. Take almost all the world.
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