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INDEX 



among, 440; customs regarding child- 

 birth, 440; number and location of 

 souls of, 445 



Durian, the, queen of fruits, 15, 243, 266, 

 267 



Dutch, the, rule of, in Borneo, 19, 21; 

 flag, on memorial staff, 347 



Dutch Borneo, population of south and 

 east, 17; population of north, 51; 

 natural resources of, 17; government 

 of, 19, 21; native tribes in, 22; Band- 

 jermasin principal town in, 24-26; 

 Malays of, 51, 52 



Dutch Packet Boat Company, 26, 94, 

 108, 146 



Dwarf, photograph of, taken, 320 



Ears, rings worn in, 68, 76, 178, 179; 



ornamentation of Penyahbongs', 178, 



179; piercing of chief's, 201-203; 



wooden disks in lobes of, 342 

 Earthenware jars, 282 

 Earthquake, on Java, 292 

 Eating, customs regarding, 334, 355 

 Eggs, offered as sacrifice, 120, 233 

 Elephants, 16 



Elevation, 14, 38, 161, 194, 301, 305 

 Elshout, Dr. J. M., 283, 445; quoted, on 



head-hunting, 261 

 Enemy, announcing approach of, 354 

 Equator, on the, 161, 162 

 Erskine, A. M., description of caves of 



Kong Beng by, 287-289 

 European influence in Borneo, 19-21 

 Europeans, number of, in Borneo, 17 

 Eyes, with Mongolian fold, 273; set 



obliquely, 299 



Fatherless Boy, The, folk-tale, 383, 388 

 Feast, dancing, 116-118; of the rubber 

 gatherers, 125, 126; on removal ot 

 bones of dead, 139-142, 361-365, 377, 

 441; wedding, 198, 275; harvest, 300, 

 301, 339, 340, 442; the great triennial, 

 220, 223-233; kapatongs at, 332; at 

 beginning and end of year, 442 

 Felis nebulosa, 16 

 Filariasis, an attack of, 203, 204 

 Fire, making a, in the jungle, 37; with 

 flint and iron, 46, 178; with rattan and 

 bamboo, 66; by drilling, 333, 355; by 

 friction with rope, 355; by twirling, 377 

 Fire omen, 66, 67, 85, 86 

 Fires, in the jungle, 263 

 Firebrands, used at funeral, 320 

 Fish, of Borneo, 16; in the jungle, 41; 

 method of catching by poisoning river, 

 63» 65-69, 84-87; 6pearing for, 68; 

 drying, 69; frame for drying, 395, 



397 n.; catching by means of explosive, 

 70; cooked in bamboo, 72; kendokat 

 caught by an otter, 172; abundance of 

 in Busang River, 173, 189; fruit-eating, 

 263; in pool near Bandjermasin, 374; 

 the patin, 418 n.; folk-tales about, 383, 



395, 417 



Fishing, tuba, 63, 65-69, 81, 84-87; ex- 

 peditions, omens concerning, 334 



Flies, 128; yellowish gray, 193; black, 281 



Flowers, of water-plant, 24, 103 ; of equa- 

 torial regions, 151; along Kasao River, 

 205; on the Kai River, 213 



Flute, 121 



Flying prahu, the, 335, 336; legend of, 

 409, 413 n.; a feature of tiwah feast, 

 441; as design in mats, 441 



Fog, 89, 190 



Folk-lore tales, telling of, in song, 137; 

 of the Kahayans, 418; of the Katin- 

 gans, 417; of the Long-Glats, 272, 406- 

 413; Malay influence in, 413 n.; of the 

 Ot-Danums, 414-416; of the Penyah- 

 bongs, 381-387; of the Saputans, 388- 

 406 



Food, hints on proper, for travel in East 

 Indies, 56-59; of the Dayaks and Ma- 

 lays, 58; at the paddi harvest, 81; at 

 great triennial feast, 224-228, 233; 

 offered to antohs, 202, 203, 225, 231, 

 249, 251; of the head-hunters, 255; of 

 the Bukats, 217; of Duhoi bride and 

 groom, 337; of the Long-Glats, 274, 

 275; of the Penyahbongs, 179; of the 

 Punans, 46, 217 



Forests of Borneo, 14, 21 



Fowls, Bornean, 129, 130, 244 



Framboisia, 281 



French count, story of a, 95 



Frogs, 129 



Fruits of Borneo, 15, 244; the durian, 243, 

 266, 267; the lansat, 243; the nangca, 

 149; the rambutan, 243, 244; eaten by 

 fish, 263 



Fuji, Mount, height of, 7 



Funeral customs, the second funeral feast, 

 139-142, 361-365, 377, 441 ; the pantar, 

 364, 365; the panyanggaran, 363; the 

 sapundo, 364; souls of animals pre- 

 sented to soul of deceased, 365; a 

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

 219; of the Bukits, 304; of the Duhoi, 

 340, 341; of the Katingans, 320, 360- 

 365; of the Kenyahs, 64, 65, 78, 79; of 

 the Long-Glats, 440; of the Murungs, 

 139-142; of the Oma-Sulings, 235, 236, 

 438; of the Penihings, 242; of the 

 Penyahbongs, 184, 185; of the Punans, 

 219; of the Saputans, 201 



