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petty trade. They rarely settle down on shore, or remain 

 long in one place, but live in their boats. Indeed the} r 

 are the gipsies of the sea in every sense of the word, 

 and given to pilfering like their namesakes on shore. 

 The Badjows, Lanun, Balagnini, and Sulus, who inhabit 

 the north of Borneo and the islands to the north-east are 

 an adventurous people given to piracy, and, of course, ex- 

 cellent sailors. The Muruts are the only existing race 

 of head-hunters north of the capital. The Dusun and 

 Kadyans, although formerly head-hunters, have now taken 

 to agricultural pursuits, and are well fed and prosperous 

 compared to the Muruts, who, although they clear and 

 plant the land around their immensely long pile dwellings, 

 still depend much on their skill in hunting wild pig, deer, 

 and other game for food. The Dyaks of Sarawak, al- 

 though formerly fierce and warlike, are now peaceful and 

 industriously engaged in seafaring or agricultural pur- 

 suits. The Kayans are still warlike, and a fine race of 

 straight-limbed powerful people. They formerly in- 

 habited the country inland near the Limbang and used 

 to plunder the villages of the Muruts and Sabayans, 

 killing the men, and taking the women and children into 

 slavery. Of late 3'ears, however, they have migrated 

 further south, and then' head-quarters are now on the 

 Baram river. The Lanuns live on the coasts north of 

 Menkabong, and are petty traders or cultivators. Like 

 the Badjows, however, they have a lingering affection for 

 the sea. The Dusun, who live in the hills further from 

 the coast, give them a bad character and assert that for- 

 merly they used to steal their children. 



Land culture is becoming much more general among 

 the natives inland than formerly, security of life and pro- 

 perty having also increased. Rice, kaladi, sweet pota- 

 toes, and Indian corn and sago are the principal food 



