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interior, said there was little difference in the languages 

 of these subtribes. 



The Kenyans, a few Kayans, and the Katingans 

 mutilate the membrum virile by transpiercing the glans 

 and the urethra, and a piece of brass wire is inserted. 

 A Kenyah tribe (Oma-Badang) in Podjungan, makes 

 two perforations so directed that the wires are crossed. 



The kapala of the Penihing kampong Long Kai, on 

 the Mahakam, told me that Kayan and Kenyah are the 

 same people. He probably knew the Kayans only by 

 personal experience, but his opinion is curious in view 

 of the fact that the two tribes have been bracketed by 

 Dr. A. C. Haddon and Dr. J. H. F. Kohlbrugge. 



MURUNGS 



(Notes from kampong Tumbang Marowei, on the Laong, a tributary 

 to the Barito River, in Central Borneo) 



At the time of childbirth two to four women and one 

 blian attend the prospective mother, who assumes a 

 recumbent position with the upper portion of the body 

 slightly raised. The blian blows upon a cupful of water 

 which the woman drinks in order to make delivery easy. 

 The umbilical cord is cut with a knife or a sharp piece 

 of ironwood, and the afterbirth is buried. Death in labor 

 is not unknown, and twins are born occasionally. The 

 mother is confined for a week, and she is forbidden to 

 eat pork, eggs, new rice, cocoanut oil, or any acid sub- 

 stance. She may partake of ordinary rice, lombok (red 

 pepper), as well as sugar, and all kinds of fruit except 

 bananas. She bathes three times a day, as is her usual 



