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to informed me, served amongst the tribes of the 

 Banjar river, to distinguish their tribes, as did that of 

 the tartan, the clans of the highlanders of Scotland. 



Both sexes of the Kyans practise the custom of dis- 

 tending the lobes of the ears to an extraordinary extent. 

 Two Dyaks of Kenawit, or some of the tribes bordering 

 on, if not belonging to the Kyans, whom I saw at Egan, 

 had this part of that organ hanging nearly to the 

 shoulders; and I have been told that these were very 

 small indeed. No ornaments were worn in them, but 

 they had been distended by the use of heavy brass 

 rings while young. These two men were finely 

 tattooed in beautiful patterns ; the shades of blue 

 colouring were so soft, as to resemble a well-executed 

 painting. 



Notwithstanding the remarks on their moral cha- 

 racter previously made, I must not neglect to mention 

 that the manners of the young females resemble those 

 of the Sea Dyaks ; but, that adultery after marriage is 

 punished by death to the man, who, under whatever 

 circumstances the criminal action takes place, is always 

 considered the guilty and responsible party concerned. 

 On the death of a person, it is said that a head must 

 be procured previous to his burial, and it appears 

 evident that, in south Borneo at least, but I believe 

 also in the north, human victims are massacred on 

 the death of a chief, and on other occasions. Those 

 slain on the death of a chief, are supposed to become his 

 attendants and slaves in a future state ; their bodies are, 

 with those of the chief, placed in ornamented houses 



