182 DKESS OF DYAK WOMEN. 



some other tribes, wear brass-wire above the elbow 

 joint. The women of the Sebooyoh and other tribes 

 wear in their ears ornaments of gold or silver, which 

 are of such an extent of surface as entirely to conceal 

 that organ : like the bracelets, the pattern is stamped 

 upon them from the back, and the thin plate is 

 soldered to a small tube which passes through the 

 hole pierced in the ear, and is fastened by a nut in 

 the manner of the more elegant ear-ornaments of the 

 Malayan women before described. When about their 

 household employments, these ornaments and this 

 dress are generally worn by the females, but when 

 they pursue their out-door duties a jacket similar to 

 that of the men, but of a little finer texture, envelopes 

 the upper part of their persons, and protects them from 

 the thorns of the jungle. In the house they wear no 

 head-dress, but abroad a large hat, made of coloured 

 rattans very finely woven, protects them from the 

 weather : in size it approaches that of the market- 

 women of Bruni, but is more peaked at the top, 

 and of a much more elegant appearance. 



From the little friendly intercourse between the town 

 of Sarawak, and the Sarebas, and Sakarran Dyaks, 

 I have not been able to collect such accurate details as 

 I could have wished respecting the government esta- 

 blished amongst the people of these rivers, which 

 differs considerably from that of the hill tribes, and 

 more nearly approaches that of the orang Kyan, to 

 the eastward of them, in many of their institutions. 



