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blacksmith because he created mankind and everything that 

 draws the breath of life, and daily preserves them by his power and 

 goodness. 



" Tenubi made the earth and all that grows upon it, and, by his 

 unceasing care, causes it to flourish and to give seed to the sower 

 and bread to the eater. 



" Some Land-Dyaks say that Tupa and Tenubi are but different 

 names for the same great being the creator and preserver of all 

 things both visible and invisible a view which the Rev. W. 

 Chalmers inclines to as the original and true one." 



Neither Mr. Balfour, Dr. Haddon, Dr. Hose, Dr. McDougall, nor 

 Mr. Ling Roth can say what the author had in his mind in the 

 passage on p. 268 here referred to. It is possible that Mr. Shelford 

 was thinking not of Tupa but some other word which would give 

 the clue. 



Concerning the refusal to eat deer, Dr. Hose tells me that several 

 Bornean tribes refuse to eat any horned cattle, and that some Land- 

 Dayaks consider themselves to be related to deer, into which they 

 believe certain of their people have changed. E. B. P. 



