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to two hundred years ago. The Penihings, Kayans, 

 Oma-Sulings, and Long-Glats speak of themselves as 

 Orang Bahau, as also do the Saputans, though probably 

 they did not originally come from Apo Kayan. Accord- 

 ing to these Dayaks the designation as used by the Ma- 

 lays signifies people who wear only chavat (loin cloth), 

 and the Punans and Ibans are said to be included under 

 the same term. 



PUNANS AND BUKATS 

 (Notes from kampong Long Kai on the Mahakam River) 



The formidable king cobra (naia bungarus) is feared 

 by the Punans, who have no remedy for the bite of this 

 or any other venomous snake. The Bukats are said to 

 know a cure which they share with the Penihings; the 

 bark is scraped from a certain tree and the juice is ap- 

 plied to the wound. Death from lightning is unknown 

 to any of these three tribes. 



The Punans apparently do not attribute disease to 

 the adverse influence of an antoh, although their remedy 

 is the same, consisting of singing in the night and re- 

 moving small stones from the abdomen or other parts 

 that may be affected. 



The Bukats whom I met were beautifully tatued. 

 The kapala whom I saw at Long Kai had the mark of 

 a ripe durian on each shoulder in front and an immature 

 one above each nipple. On the lower part of the upper 

 arm was a tatu of an edible root, in Penihing called ra- 

 yong. Over the back of his right hand, toward the 



