-We-ve left a lot of men in Borneo - know what I mean?- With their SAS trainer-s warnings ringing in their ears, the naturalist, Redmond O-Hanlon, and the poet, James Fenton, set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo. They were loaded with enough back-breaking kit to survive two months in a steaming 95- (in the shade) jungle of creeping, crawling, biting things. O-Hanlon could also rely on his encyclopaedic knowledge of the region-s flora and fauna, and had read-up on how to avoid being eaten by anything (stick your thumbs in a crocodile-s eyes, if you have time). And yet they proceeded to have an adventure that neither O-Hanlon, nor his friend, nor even his guides were remotely prepared for-
-Consistently exciting, often funny, and erudite without ever being overwhelming- Punch.
