PRIMITIVE LIFE.—These pictures are from “The Children of Lilith”, by Guy Piazzini, the popular account of a French scientific expedition to the up-river country of Borneo. Before beginning the main expedition, the party obtained permission from the Indonesian authorities to visit two small islands in the Sunda archipelago inhabited by the giant lizards (varanus), popularly known as the “dragons of Komodo.” The book contains several pictures of these survivals from the dawn of creation (one of which is reproduced above) and gives accounts of observations of these creatures from “hides.” The “dragon” in the picture is about 12 feet long. The main expedition penetrated the Borneo jungles beyond the country inhabited by the Dyaks into territory in which the aborigine Punans live—people who are thought to be as primitive as any on earth. The picture at bottom left shows the long-nosed monkey (pithecus nasica) of the Borneo jungle. This creature, which bears a striking resemblance to man, figures in native tales and legends, and as the “Interminable Woodman” of Indonesian journalists, is the Borneo equivalent of the Yeti, or “Abominable Snowman” of the Himalayas. At bottom right is a picture of a Dyak boy returning to his home with a bag loaded with sections of sugar-cane. The expedition gathered ethnographic material, which will be valuable to science, during its year in the hinterland of Borneo; this popular account of the'expedition will give the ordinary reader fascinating information about little-known lands and their human and animal inhabitants. “The Children of Lilith” is published by Hodder and Stoughton.

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29354, 5 November 1960, Page 3

PRIMITIVE LIFE.—These pictures are from “The Children of Lilith”, by Guy Piazzini, the popular account of a French scientific expedition to the up-river country of Borneo. Before beginning the main expedition, the party obtained permission from the Indonesian authorities to visit two small islands in the Sunda archipelago inhabited by the giant lizards (varanus), popularly known as the “dragons of Komodo.” The book contains several pictures of these survivals from the dawn of creation (one of which is reproduced above) and gives accounts of observations of these creatures from “hides.” The “dragon” in the picture is about 12 feet long. The main expedition penetrated the Borneo jungles beyond the country inhabited by the Dyaks into territory in which the aborigine Punans live—people who are thought to be as primitive as any on earth. The picture at bottom left shows the long-nosed monkey (pithecus nasica) of the Borneo jungle. This creature, which bears a striking resemblance to man, figures in native tales and legends, and as the “Interminable Woodman” of Indonesian journalists, is the Borneo equivalent of the Yeti, or “Abominable Snowman” of the Himalayas. At bottom right is a picture of a Dyak boy returning to his home with a bag loaded with sections of sugar-cane. The expedition gathered ethnographic material, which will be valuable to science, during its year in the hinterland of Borneo; this popular account of the'expedition will give the ordinary reader fascinating information about little-known lands and their human and animal inhabitants. “The Children of Lilith” is published by Hodder and Stoughton.