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The Gardens of the Sun. [ cir - v 



possession of Mr. Treacher at Government House, 



Labuan. Of this sketch Mr. Cooper has made me this 



careful fac-simile on wood. It had a finely-tempered 



blade, ornamented along 

 the back for about half 

 its length. One side of 

 the blade was flat, the 

 other rounded; the 

 sheath was elaborately 

 carved and, as is gene- 

 rally the case in Borneo, 

 made of two flat pieces 

 of wood bound tightly 

 together by neatly work- 

 ed rattan cane ; the hilt 

 was ornamented with 

 tufts of red and black 

 hair, and it was furnished 

 with a girdle of rattan 

 plaited altogether a 

 most handy and formid- 

 able implement in the 

 paw of a lusty naked 

 savage. 



Gold, diamonds, and 

 antimon}' have been ob- 

 tained in remunerative 

 quantities at the Sara- 

 wak mines, which were 

 originally worked by the 

 Chinese settlers, but are 

 now in the hands of a 

 company. Mining opera- 

 tions are very difficult 



KAYAN WAR KNIFE. 



