ooh-h-h-h

Updated: July 3, 2026

I was busily engaged in writing my notes of the day, with my rifle by my side, when suddenly a shot rang out, followed by another and another, then a volley from all the sentries on one side of the camp, and the darkness was lit up by the flashes of their rifles. Then came the thrilling war-cry, "Ooh-h-h-h! ah-h-h-h!" that made one's blood run cold, especially under such surroundings.

H. Wilfrid Walker - Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines