Badak tapa (recluse rh.)
Semangs in Perak, Malaysia - same text in Begbie 1834: 7. The rhinoceros is found frequently in marshy places. Towards the close of the rainy season, they are said to bury themselves in this manner in different places, and upon the dry weather setting in, and from the powerful effects of the vertical sun, the mud becomes hard and crusted, and the rhinoceros cannot effect an escape without considerable difficulty and exertion. The Semang prepare themselves with large quantities of combustible material with which they quietly approach the animal, who is aroused from his reverie by an immense fire over him, which is kept well supplied by the Semangs with fresh fuel, soon completes his destruction and renders him in a fit state to make a meal of.
Semangs, Malaysia. The projecting horn on the snout is carefully preserved, being supposed to be possessed of medicinal properties and highly priced by the Malays, to whom they barter it for their tobacco &c.
About the Semang tribe in Perak, Malaysia. They eat elephants, rhinoceros, monkeys, rats, etc.
The rhinoceros is found frequently in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in mud, and part of the head only visible.
