PREFACE ix 



due to climate and the limitations under which I trav- 

 elled, a satisfactory collection of photographic plates and 

 films was brought back. With few exceptions, these 

 photographs were taken by myself. For the pictures 

 facing page 26 I am indebted to Doctor J. C. Konings- 

 berger, President of the Volksraad, Buitenzorg, Java. 

 Those facing pages 16 and 17 were taken by Mr. 

 J. F. Labohm. The lower picture facing page 286 was 

 taken by Mr. A. M. Erskine. 



My observations on the tribes are recorded in con- 

 formity with my itinerary, and include the Kayans, 

 Kenyahs, Murungs, Penyahbongs, Saputans, the nomadic 

 Punans and Bukits, Penihings, Oma-Sulings, Long- 

 Glats, Katingans, Duhoi (Ot-Danums), and the Ta- 

 moans. On one or two occasions when gathering intel- 

 ligence from natives I was very fortunate in my inform- 

 ants — an advantage which will be appreciated by any 

 one who has undertaken a similar errand and has en- 

 joyed the keen satisfaction experienced when drawing 

 the veil from primitive thought which lies so near and 

 yet so far away. 



Circumstances naturally prevented me from making 

 a thorough study of any tribe, but I indulge the hope 

 that the material here presented may prove In some de- 

 gree acceptable to the specialist as well as to the general 

 reader. Matter that was thought to be of purely anthro- 

 pological Interest is presented in a special supplement. 

 Above all, I have abstained from generalities, to which 

 one might be tempted on account of the many similar- 

 ities encountered in the tribes that were visited. With- 



