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FRUITFUL SOURCE OF BETS AMONG THE WAGER-LOVING JAVANESE |
ONE OF FRANCE'S OVERSEAS LIEGEMEN |
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| Cock-fighting has assumed extraordinary features in Java, the value of one cock sometimes reaching high figures. Yet the fight may end in a few seconds as the birds' natural weapons are reinforced artificially, and the money changes hands with an equally thrilling swiftness, the secret of the sport's success | The wild wooded crags of Mangareva, the largest islet of the Gambier group in the South Pacific, form a suitable setting for this picturesque personage with his enormous shock of long, fluffy hair and beautifully-beaded ornaments |