CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER XIV 



PAGE 



THE SCALY ANT-EATER — THE PORCUPINE — THE BLOW-PIPE — AN 

 UNUSUAL ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE — HABITS AND CUSTOMS 

 OF THE MURUNGS — AN UNPLEASANT AFFAIR I3I 



CHAPTER XV 



FINAL START FOR CENTRAL BORNEO — CHRISTMAS TIME — EXTENT 

 OF MALAY INFLUENCE — THE FLOWERS OF EQUATORIAL RE- 

 GIONS — AT AN OT-DANUM KAMPONG — ^THE PICTURESQUE 

 KIHAMS, OR RAPIDS — FORMIDABLE OBSTACLES TO TRAVEL — 

 MALAYS ON STRIKE I47 



CHAPTER XVI 



ARRIVAL AT BAHANDANG — ON THE EQUATOR — A STARTLING ROB- 

 BERY — OUR MOST LABORIOUS JOURNEY — HORNBILLS — THE 

 SNAKE AND THE INTREPID PENYAHBONG — ARRIVAL AT 

 TAMALOE 160 



CHAPTER XVII 



THE PENYAHBONGS, MEN OF THE WOODS — RHINOCEROS HUNTERS 

 — CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENYAHBONGS — EASY HOUSE- 

 KEEPING — DAILY LIFE — WOMAN's LOT 1 74 



CHAPTER XVIII 



A STRANGE MAMMAL — ANIMAL LIFE IN CENTRAL BORNEO — A 

 SUPERB AND SILENT REALM — VISIT TO A SALT WATER EXU- 

 DATION — PASSING THE DIVIDING RIDGE — A MOUSE-DEER 

 CHASE — ON THE KASAO RIVER 1 86 



CHAPTER XIX 



THE SAPUTANS — HOW THE EARS OF THE CHIEF WERE PIERCED 

 — AN UNEXPECTED ATTACK OF FILARIASIS — DEPARTURE 

 FROM THE SAPUTANS — DOWN THE KASAO RIVER — "TOBOG- 

 GANING*' THE KIHAMS I97 



CHAPTER XX 



ARRIVAL ON THE MAHAKAM RIVER — AMONG THE PENIHINGS — 



LONG KAI, A PLEASANT PLACE — A BLIAN's SHIELD PUNANS 



AND BUKATS, SIMPLE-MINDED NOMADS — EXTREME PENALTY 



FOR UNFAITHFULNESS — LONG TJEHAN 210 



