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INDEX 



of, 46, 47; food cooked in, 72, 227, 228, 

 233; uses of split, 83; tent protected 

 by, 211; bandage made from, 218; 

 baskets, 304, 307 



Banana, rice wrapped in leaves of, 227, 

 228, 297; omens taken with leaves, 437 



Bandjermasin, population of, 17; found- 

 ing of, 18; principal town in Dutch 

 Borneo, 24; meaning of the name, 24; 

 the hotel in, 24; climate of, 24; church 

 and museum in, 25; Protestant and 

 Catholic missionaries in, 26; departure 

 for, 94; return to, 107, 146, 293, 366; 

 epidemic of cholera at, 109-111; final 

 start from, 147; a journey through the 

 country northeast of, 293 et seq.; the 

 cats and dogs in, 374 



Bangkal, natives from, 375; different 

 tribes in, 376; the Tamoans of, 377; 

 epidemic of cholera at, 377 



Banglan, fight of, with crocodile, 34, 35 



Bangsul, boatman, 164-167, 187 



Banquet, given by controleur at Sampit, 

 379, 380 ' 



Baren, Controleur, heads presented to, 



325 



Barito River, the, 16, 97, 108, 303; the 

 journey up, m et seq., 147 et seq.; 

 rapids of, 154-156 



Basap tribe, the, 22 



Baskets, bamboo, designs on, 169, 304, 

 307,438 



Batavia, arrival at, 10; departure from, 

 107; return to, 108; Hindu statues 

 presented to museum at, 286 



Bathing, in the tropics, 114; frequent, of 

 natives, 75, 273, 427; a visit from na- 

 tive women at time for, 266 



Batokelau, 270, 279 



Bato-Pola tribe, the, 439 



Bats, in the jungle, 189; in caves of Kong 

 Beng, 286, 288 



Batu Boa, 113, 124 



Bayumbong, 309 



Beads, necklaces of, 68, 77; cradle deco- 

 rated with, 77; valuable old, 77 



Bear, 38; as food, 179, 275; strange animal 

 resembling, 186, 187; gall of, used as 

 medicine, 218 



Beards, on natives, 322, 369 



Bees, 170, 194, 278 



Belimbing, village of, 297, 298, 308 



Berg, Dr. Afred, 57 n. 



Berger, Mr., experience of, with ironwood 

 floors, 378, 379 



Beri-beri, 25, 96, 171, 193, 219; green 

 peas used to counteract, 55, 57; pol- 

 ished rice as cause of, 56; curing of 

 crew of Kronprinz Wxlhelm stricken 



with, 57 n.; epidemic of, at Sembulo, 

 376; in prison at Sampit, 378 



Beringan, the pasang grahan at, 301; 

 elevation at, 301 



Betel, chewing of, 51, 67, 279; betel box 

 on kapatongs, 352 



Biha, the Murungs at, 114 



Birds, of Borneo, 16; kept in houses, 31; 

 caught in snares, 41; worship of, 122; 

 antoh called and fed by, 122; seen along 

 Busang River, 189; argus pheasant, 

 30, 168, 194; hornbills, 85, 122, 169, 

 189, 190, 246, 274; omen, 179, 217, 245, 

 257, 358, 43i; the punai, 418, 419 n.; 

 white-tail pheasant, 40; the raja, 31, 

 189; snake, 284, 312; the teong, 404 n.; 

 Mrs. Meyer's collection of, 311; folk- 

 tales about, 402, 418 



Blacksmiths, Dayaks, skilful, 61; art of, 

 dying out among Saputans, 198 



Blangas, valuable old, 350, 351 



Blarey, Penihing chief, 210 



Blatei River, the, 218 



Blians (priest-doctors), male and female, 

 123, 344; possessed by good antohs, 

 123; constant occupation of, 124; shield 

 of, 121, 215, 249; dress of Murung, 

 136; dance of, 136, 225, 230, 231; 

 among the Penyahbongs, 180; Saputan 

 belief in, 201; at great triennial festi- 

 val, 224, 225, 230-232; rice-throwing 

 by> 231, 354; march of, 232; funeral 

 of, 235, 236; methods practised by, for 

 cure of disease, 249-251, 429, 442; sing- 

 ing of, 249-251; juggling of, 250; the 

 usual remuneration of, 251; wooden 

 statues used by Murung, 429 



Blood of sacrificed animals, smeared on 

 principals of any feast or ceremony, 117, 

 120, 121, 126, 127, 202, 249, 358; on 

 kapatongs, 330-332; on stones, 351; at 

 marriage ceremony, 337; at rice-plant- 

 ing, 339; at harvest feast, 340 



Blow-pipe. See Sumpitan 



Blu River, the, 240 



Boat, native keelless, 48, 264, 312, 316, 

 321. See also Prahu. 



Boatmen: the Dayak, 70-72, 92, 268; 

 meal of the Dayak, 72; Amban Klesau, 

 71, 72, 85; wages of, 105, 106, 158, 162, 



187, 195, 211; dismissal of Malay, 127; 

 Longko, 151, 155, 165; refusal of, to 

 continue journey, 157; Djobing, 158, 

 163; party sent to Tamaloe to hire, 

 162, 164; the Penyahbong, 165, 190; 

 illness of, 166; a strike among, 167, 

 168; unexpected addition to crew of, 



188, 189; inefficient, 190, 322, 343; 

 wearied by carrying goods to top of 



