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INDEX 



Cajuput oil, 294 



Calendar, the Katingan, 443 



Camping-houses, for travellers, 31. See 



Pasang grahan 

 Canal, to Martapura, 293 

 Candelabrum, stand resembling, 301 

 Cannibals, 341 

 Canyon, trip through a, 279 

 Caps, rattan, 179, 327 

 Carriers, the, 308, 309, 311 

 Carvings, on house at Data Lingei, 237; 



in a Long-Glat's house, 272; on casket, 



319; on kapatongs, 116, 322, 330-332; 



on flying prahu, 336 

 Casket, a carved, 319. See also Coffin 

 Cassava, 413 n. 



Cat, wild, 16; tame kitten of, 311; short- 

 tailed, 374 

 Cattle, wild, 16, 273 

 Caves, containing Hindu antiquities, 285- 



289; near Kandangan, 420 n.; cave of 



Kimanis, 286 

 Celebes, climate of North, 27; Alfurs of 



Central, 441 

 Cemetery, at Sembulo, 105; at Tevang 



Karangan, 320 

 Centipedes, appearance of, an omen, 245; 



met by head-hunting party, 258; in 



caves of Kong Beng, 288 

 Cereals, removal of husks of, 56 

 Chairs, 104, 1 18 

 Chalk cliff, 168 

 Characteristics of natives, 74, 83, 152, 195, 



216, 260, 283, 290, 291, 305, 317, 327, 



343, 345, 421-423 

 Chavat (loin-cloth), 319, 327, 342, 345, 



357, 360, 433 



Chiefs, tall Penyahbong, 430 



Childbirth, restrictions preceding, 176, 

 181, 198, 334, 355, 356, 439; methods 

 employed to prevent, 428; Bukat cus- 

 toms regarding, 218; Duhoi customs 

 regarding, 440; Long-Glat customs, 

 439; Murung, 427; Oma-Suling, 437; 

 Penihing, 434; Penyahbong, 431; 

 Punan, 46, 218; Saputan, 432 



Children, Malay at Samarinda, 27; flog- 

 ging of, 29; few among Dayaks, 51, 52; 

 many among Malays, 52; a Kenyah 

 child's funeral, 64, 65; of the Kenyahs, 

 68, 73, 83; ornaments worn by, 68, 76; 

 provisions shared with, 83; Dutch, on 

 steamer, 108; light colour of native, 

 147, 148; born blind, 148; marriage of, 

 180; of the Penyahbongs, 180, 181; of 

 the Saputans, 198; number of, in fam- 

 ily, 198, 275, 345; at great triennial 

 feast, 224, 225; native games for, 239; 

 protected from sun, 271; of the Long- 



Glats and Oma-Sulings, 275; bathing 

 of infant, 333, 334; Katingan, 345; re- 

 strictions preceding birth of, 355, 356; 

 naming of, 356, 357, 428, 43 1, 432, 434, 

 437, 439, 44°; custom of changing 

 name of, 428; at Kuala Kapuas, 373; 

 still-born, 439 

 Chinese, in Singapore, 9, 10; number of, 

 in Borneo, 17; early knowledge of 

 Borneo had by, 18; important element 

 in development of Borneo, 19; trade 

 principally in hands of, 28, 29; at Sam- 



pit, 379 

 Chion-in, temple of, 9 

 Cholera, 108-IU, 180, 316, 369, 377; 



cure of, no, n 1 

 Chonggat, taxidermist, 30-33, 38, 87, 88, 



99, 104, 107 _ 

 Christmas day in the jungle, 149; Christ- 

 mas eve, 335 

 Cicadas, 189 



Cigar-cases, made from rattan, 25 

 Cigarettes, 78, 83, 94 

 Classes, social, among native tribes, 74 

 Cleanliness of natives, 75 

 Clearing, a, in the jungle, 35, 36, 221 

 Climate, 9, 14, 15. 24, 27, 38, 113, 161, 



178, 214, 278, 281, 295, 326, 344 

 Climbing trees, native methods of, 46, 



161, 178, 303, 318 

 Clocks, in Malay's house, 296 

 Coal, 16; along Barito River, 157 

 Coaling of steamers in Japanese har- 

 bours, 9 

 Cobra, a king, 33; remedy for bite of, 433 

 Cocks, annoyance caused by crowing of, 



129, 130, 244 

 Cocoanuts, 15, 308; plantations of, 95; 



natives killed by falling, 350 

 Coffin, making the, 78, 360; duplicate 



made of carved, 319, 346; Katingan 



name for, 319; for second funeral, 365; 



of the Long-Glats, 439, 440 

 Coins, used as ornaments, 233, 273 

 Collections, ethnographic, specimens 



added to, 48, 176, 212, 237, 239, 264, 



268, 272, 335, 349 

 Colombo, 108 

 Colour, skin, 44, 439; light, in black and 



brown races, 69, 147, 148; hair, 45, 246 

 Communal houses, 30, 115, 174, 196, 317 

 Cooking, in bamboo, 72, 227, 228, 233; 



by the Penyahbongs, 179 

 Coolies, employed as paddiers, 113, 367 

 Cows, at Long Iram, 281; sacrificed at 



funeral feast, 365 

 Cradle, adorned with beads, 77; customs 



regarding the, 247 

 Crocodile, 279; fight with a, 35; not 



