Excerpt from The Malay Archipelago, the Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel, With Studies of Man and Nature Y readers will naturally ask why I have delayed writing this book for six years after my return and I feel bound to give them full satisfaction on this point. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.