CONTENTS 



VOLUME II 



CHAPTER XXIII 



PAGE 



A PROFITABLE STAY — MAGNIFICENT FRUITS OF BORNEO — OMEN 

 BIRDS — THE PENIHINGS IN DAILY LIFE — TOP PLAYING — 

 RELIGIOUS IDEAS — CURING DISEASE 243 



CHAPTER XXIV 



HEAD-HUNTING, ITS PRACTICE AND PURPOSE 252 



CHAPTER XXV 



DEPARTURE FROM THE PENIHINGS — FRUIT-EATING FISH — AN- 

 OTHER CALL AT LONG PAHANGEI — A TRIP UP THE MERASI 

 RIVER — GENIAL NATIVES — AN INOPPORTUNE VISIT — THE 

 DURIAN, QUEEN OF ALL FRUITS 262 



CHAPTER XXVI 



AMONG THE LONG-GLATS — IS FEAR OF EXPOSURE TO THE SUN 

 JUSTIFIED ? — CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LONG-GLATS — GOOD- 

 BYE TO THE MAHAKAM 270 



CHAPTER XXVII 



CONTINUING THE JOURNEY DOWN THE RIVER — GREAT KIHAMS — 

 BATOKELAU— AT LONG IRAM— LAST STAGES OF OUR JOURNEY 

 — ARRIVAL AT SAMARINDA — HINDU ANTIQUITIES — NATIVE'S 

 SUPERIORITY TO CIVILISED MAN 277 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



AN EARTHQUAKE — ERADICATING THE PLAGUE — THROUGH THE 

 COUNTRY NORTHEAST OF BANDJERMASIN — MARTAPURA AND 

 ITS DIAMOND-FIELDS — PENGARON — THE GIANT PIG — THE 

 BUKITS — WELL-PRESERVED DECORATIVE DESIGNS — AN AT- 

 TRACTIVE FAMILY 292 



