He had been bitten by a "sumut API," or fire-ant, the pain of whose bite is intense, and strongly resembles the running of a red-hot needle into the flesh.
"On the Equator"
Harry de Windt
Gliding between Cape Lantaka and two isolated crags, the steamer enters a glassy lake, encircled by sylvan heights, with the menacing cone of the Goenoeng API rising sheer from the water's edge.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
The lofty peak of the Goenoeng API still smoulders, although the main crater is supposed to be extinct.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings