rv.U ) 



linii footiiiu-. ioi' l»<>v> ;iiiil liirU prosed in ii|)(iii iiic w illi loud >|i()iii> 

 aii<l ('Xtciidcd liaiids; evcrv oiic was afraid lo lic lichiiid liaixl and 

 tlicv sciilillcd aiiKuiu' each ollici-. In ud nearer. It soon jiro\-c(l ilial 

 llicy are less seiisildc to the had siiiell> of tlieir fellow-meii lliaii llie 

 Italians ainoiiii' \\ lioiii one can sit for lionrs with iin|Minit\ e\-en 

 in lar,Li'(* coin|ianie>; therefore thev also prefer to u'o a h>ntr \\a\ 

 round rather than jtass a (h'ad l»odv, and who |irot<'st to a disaui'ee- 

 al)h' smell l>\ \ ioleni u-eslin-es and s|»illin_Li'. 



Ivcniarkahle also is the urealcr perse\-erance of the Kciijas ;U 

 lal)onr, which I specially ohserved when making- lonu' expeditions 

 in row iii.u-l)oats on th<' Mahakani in the ureal heat to \\hicli the\" 

 were not nsed. 'I'honuii they are more used lo walking than to row inii- 

 in llieir highlands, where the i-oads are Itetter and the ri\ crs sm.dler 

 than in the connlry of the Hahaiis, yet they kejii on row inu for da\ s 

 louethcr much moi'c |>ersistently than the latter, and alw;,ys arrixcd 

 earlier. 



'rhes(^ few examjjles ali'cady <j!:'\\o exideiice of a ureatei* \i\acit\'. 

 less sensibility and also of a ureatei- power of resistance of the iier- 

 \()us system: nioreoxcr their mental capacities are far su|»ei-ior. 



When tellinu the IJahaus ahont some remarkahle features of our 

 society. I u'ot accnstomed to meet with an absolute incapacity to 

 imagine these ihiuus. \\ Inch uaxc rise to dishelief, and induced them. 

 Iml oft -n after a hniu interxal. t(» ti-y and catch jue at an imtruth. 

 Amonu the ixcnjas. howcxcr. 1 soon concluded from tlieii' (piestioiis. 

 that they at least tried to imauiue raili'oads and similar i]i\ ciilions, 

 and that they really inidei'stood other things. A \"ery uood criterion 

 is furnished liy the e\|ilaiialion of the motion of the sun. the earth 

 and the stars w ith the oiMU'in of iniihl and day, and th(> causes of a 

 solar- and lunar eidipse. ( )f course the Kenjas also did Jiof immedi- 

 ately Iteliexe that the earth is roinid and iuoncs. nor that it is not 

 a monster that eats sun and moon in case of an e(di|)se. Imt they 

 understood at \oa>\ my (\xj)lanati(ui. 



Of ]u-actical use to us was the greater interest and the more 

 extensixc knowledge of their sui'roiiiMlin^'s shown liy the Kenjas. 



In \\iv course ( d" our fopouraphical surxcy of the ^lahakam and 

 when ijupiirinu' into the names of the principal mounlaijis and i-ivers 

 we met amonu the Uahaiis with such utter ignorance, that \ve were 

 for a louLi' time con\'inced they were uin\ illinu' to tell them to us. It 

 prON'cd however later on. that it was ik»! unwillin.L:iie>s on their part, 

 l)ul that only few anions them knew anythinji' about i-ixers and moun- 

 tains outside their innuediate neiuhboui-hood, and that e, u'. lii^li 

 mountains, which, tliouiih lhe\' sluod at some distance on the territorv 



