THE PEOPLES OF BORNEO 35 



devoted to hunting than any others, except the 

 Punans. 



Klemantans are to be found in every part of the 

 island, but most of their villages are situated on 

 the lower reaches of the rivers. They are most 

 abundant in the south, constituting the greater part 

 of the population of Dutch Borneo ; in the north 

 they are few, their place being filled by their near 

 relatives, the Muruts. The latter constitute the 

 principal part of the population of the northern 

 end of the island, predominating over all the other 

 peoples in British North Borneo, and in the northern 

 extremities of Sarawak and of Dutch Borneo. 



(5) The Muruts are confined to the northern 

 part of Borneo. They resemble the Klemantans 

 more closely than the other peoples. They are 

 comparatively tall and slender, have less regular 

 and pleasing features than the Klemantans, and 

 their skin is generally darker and more ruddy in 

 colour. Their agriculture is superior to that of 

 the other peoples, but they are addicted to much 

 drinking of rice-spirit. Their social organisation 

 is very loose, their chiefs having but little authority. 

 Besides those who call themselves Muruts, we class 

 under the same general name several tribes which 

 we regard as closely allied to them ; namely, the 

 Adangs in the head of the Limbang ; the Kalabits 

 about the head of the Baram ; the Sabans and 

 Kerayans at the head of the Kerayan river ; the 

 Libuns ; the Lepu Asings at the head of the Bahau; 

 Tagals and Dusuns in the most northerly part ; the 

 Trings of the Barau and Balungan rivers on the 

 east. 



(6) The Punans, among whom we include, beside 

 the Punans proper, the Ukits and a few other 

 closely allied but widely scattered small groups, 

 are the only people who do not dwell in villages 

 established on the banks of the rivers. They live 



