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never wear the brass-wire above the elbow-joint of the arm, 

 nor have I seen them use the white bracelets, so common 

 in the others of the southern river, the use of which 

 amongst these tribes is apparently confined to the men. 



In travelling amongst the Dyaks, it is well to 

 be provided with a stock of brass-wire and small 

 beads, together with Java tobacco, with which to requite 

 their services ; but as, since confidence has been restored 

 among them, they are in the habit of visiting Sarawak, 

 and making their own purchases, in those tribes where 

 the use of money is understood, it is always preferred as 

 payment for their labour. 



The Hill Dyaks are a more amiable people than 

 the Sea tribes, previously treated of: their morality 

 is of a higher standard, their gratitude is undoubted, 

 and their hospitality to strangers well ascertained. 

 It has been previously mentioned, that the Malays, who 

 spend amongst the Dyaks, for the purposes of trade, 

 that portion of their time which, during the pre- 

 valence of the boisterous monsoon, they are prevented 

 from navigating the ocean, never think of carrying with 

 them, on leaving their houses, more than sufficient pro- 

 visions to last them till they reach the first village at 

 which they intend to begin their barter, the Dyaks 

 always freely supplying them with such as they have. 



During the two years which I spent for the most part 

 amongst their tribes, I always found them obliging, and 

 anxious to perform for me any service in their power, 

 and on leaving a village, they wished to load me with 

 rice, fowls, and fruits, which I was always obliged to 



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