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our obligation to H.H. the Rajah of Sarawak, 

 who welcomed to his country the members of the 

 Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, and without 

 whose enlightened encouragement of scientific work 

 on the part of his officers this book would never 

 have been written. 



C. H. 



W. McD. 



July 1912. 



SUPPLEMENTARY PREFACE BY ONE 

 OF THE AUTHORS 



I FEEL that it is necessary to supplement our 

 joint-preface with some few words of apology for, 

 and explanation of, the appearance of my name on 

 the title - page of this book. For the book is 

 essentially an attempt to set forth in condensed 

 form the mass of knowledge of the tribes of Borneo 

 acquired by Dr. Hose in the course of a quarter of 

 a century's intimate study of, and sympathetic com- 

 panionship with, the people of the interior. My 

 own part in its production has been merely that of 

 a midwife, though I may perhaps claim to have 

 helped in the washing and dressing of the infant as 

 well as in its delivery, and even to have offered 

 some useful advice during the long years of 

 pregnancy. And, since it is more difficult to present 

 a brief and popular account of any complex subject 

 the more intimate is one's knowledge of it, I may 

 fairly hope that my superficial acquaintance with 

 the pagan tribes of Borneo has been a useful ally 

 to Dr. Hose's profound and extensive knowledge of 

 them ; I have therefore gladly accepted my friend's 

 generous invitation to place my name beside his as 

 joint-author of this work. 



W. McD. 



