I50 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap. 



in addition to the edible fruits are, gutta-percha, 

 rubber, camphor, various rattans, beeswax and 

 honey, vegetable tallow, wild sago, damar- resin 

 from various trees, and the edible birds' nests. 



Small parties of men and boys go out into the 

 jungle in search of these things, sometimes travel- 

 ling many days up river before striking into the 

 jungle ; for it is only in the drier upland forests that 

 such expeditions can be undertaken with advantage. 

 The party may remain several weeks or months 

 from home. They carry with them a supply of rice, 

 salt, and tobacco, cooking -pots and matches, a 

 change of raiment, spears, swords, shields, blow- 

 pipes, and perhaps two or three dogs. On striking 

 into the jungle, they drag their boat on to the bank 

 and leave it hidden in thick undergrowth. While 

 in the jungle they camp in rude shelters roofed with 

 their leaf mats and with palm leaves, moving camp 

 from time to time. They vary their labours and 

 supplement their food-supply by hunting and trap- 

 ping. Such an expedition is generally regarded as 

 highly enjoyable as well as profitable. As in camp- 

 ing-parties in other parts of the world, the cooking 

 is generally regarded as a nuisance to be shirked 

 if possible. The Sea Dayaks indulge in these 

 expeditions more frequently than others, and such 

 parties of them may often be found at great 

 distances from their homes. In the course of such 

 long excursions they not infrequently penetrate 

 into the regions inhabited by other tribes, and 

 many troubles have had their origin in the truculent 

 behaviour of such parties. Such parties of Sea 

 Dayaks have been known to accept the hospitality 

 of unsuspecting and inoffensive Klemantans, and 

 to outrage every law of decency by taking the 

 heads of old men, women, and children during the 

 absence of their natural defenders. 



Valuable varieties of gutta-percha are obtained 



