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applied to the wound. They could give no reason why 

 they follow this practice any more than the ordinary 

 Dayak can explain the purpose of tatuing. 



With the Kayans, and, indeed, all the tribes I met 

 in Dutch Borneo, it is the custom to urinate in a sitting 

 position. 



To the observer it is strikingly evident that the 

 mammae of both Dayak and Malay women retain firm- 

 ness and shape much longer than is the case with white 

 women. 



