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had three young husbands. She practised her profession 

 and the husbands gathered rattan and rubber. She was 

 known to have had thirty-three husbands, keeping a 

 man a couple of weeks, or as many months, then taking 

 others. She had no children. 



A design representing the flying prahu, described on 

 page 336, is also occasionally seen in Kahayan mats, the 

 idea being that it may be of assistance to some benef- 

 icent antoh. In this connection it is of interest to note 

 how the Kahayans use the flying prahu as a feature of 

 the great tiwah festival. Drawings of the craft are made 

 in colours on boards which are placed in the house of 

 ceremonies, and are intended to serve as a conveyance 

 for the liao. Such drawings are also presented to the 

 good antoh, Sangiang, as a reward for his assistance in 

 making the feast successful, thus enabling him to fly 

 home. 



UPPER AND LOWER KATINGANS 

 (Southwestern Borneo) 



Of the Dayaks living about the headwaters of the 

 Katingan River Controleur Michielsen, in his report 

 quoted before, says: "I cannot omit here to mention 

 that the Dayaks of these regions in language and habits 

 show the closest agreement with the Alfurs in Central 

 Celebes, whom I visited in 1869, and that most of the 

 words of the Alfur language (which I at once understood 

 because it resembles the low Java language) also here 

 in the Dayak language were observed by me. This cir- 

 cumstance affords convincing testimony in favour of the 



