INDEX 



455 



Funeral house, 72, 362, 365; model of a 



raja's, 282 

 Furniture, European, natives desirous of 



securing, 104 



Games: for children, 239; top-spinning, 

 247; mancala, 435-437; played at be- 

 ginning and end of year, 442 



Garrison, in Apo Kayan, 95, 96, 426; at 

 Long Iram, 239, 280; at Long Kai, 212, 

 213, 252; at Long Nawang, 95, 96; at 

 Puruk Tjahu, III, 113 



German missionaries, 26, 373 



Gibbon (man-like ape), 39, 133, 150, 189, 

 194, 275, 329, 359 



Glit River, the, 272 



Gnats, 35, 128 



Go Hong Cheng, interpreter, 30 



Goat, at times an antoh, 416 



Goitre, 302 



Gold, 16, 17; of Barito River country, 

 150; hunting for, on Busang River, 161; 

 in Samba and Braui Rivers, 326; on 

 Katingan River, 343; not used by 

 Penyahbongs, 387 n. 



Gompul, 430 



Governor-General of Netherlands India, 

 10, 107-109 



Grass, in the jungle, 53, 54 



Grasshoppers, 33 



Grijson, H. J., 314 



Grotius, Dutch steamer, 108 



Guitar, a native, 431 



Gunong, camp, 38 



Gunong Porok, village of, folk-lore from, 

 414 



Gunong Rega, height of, 47 



Haddon, Doctor A. C., 22, 427 

 Hageman, Captain J. J. M., on character 



of the Dayak, 260 

 Hair, removal of body, 45, 76; on body, 



resembling orang-utan, 98; colour of 



head, 45, 246; parasites in, 75, 76; 



mustaches, 45, 142, 369; beards, 322, 



369; worn cut, by Duhoi, 327; shaving 



of forehead, 333; cut from head and 



placed in tree, 355; arrangement of 



women's, 345 

 Harelip, 148, 302, 345 

 Harvest, paddi, 80, 81; festival, 300, 301, 



339, 340, 442 

 Hawk, worship of, 122; a tame, 311 

 Head-hunters, song of, 50; seen on board 



steamer, 96; meeting an imaginary 



attack of, 230; food of, 255 

 Head-hunting, measures taken by Dutch 



government to eradicate, 49, 259; 



among various tribes, 252; religious 



fanaticism incentive to, 96, 261, 421; 

 a recent raid, 87, 425; description of a 

 raid, 253; customs regarding the prac- 

 tice of, 254-258, 335; omens concern- 

 ing, 257, 258; the purposes of, 258; 

 Captain Hageman quoted concerning, 

 260; effect of, on disposition of natives, 

 261 ; kapatongs of prime importance in, 

 331; rice-throwing before, 354; folk- 

 tale about, 402; principal weapon used 

 in, 404 n.; Dayaks incited to by Ma- 

 lays, 424; of the Bukats, 253; not 

 practised by Bukits, 303; of Duhoi 

 chief, 325, 343; of the Duhoi and Ka- 

 tingans, 335; raids of the Ibans, 218, 

 252; of the Kenyahs, 87, 88, 425; dis- 

 continued by Ot-Danums, 332; of the 

 Punans, 46; of the Ulu-Ots, 342 

 Head ornament, women's, 178, 273, 413 n. 

 Heat, intense, in jungle, 214, 278 

 Hens, sacrificed at rubber gatherers' feast, 

 126; sacrificed at wedding, 127; sacri- 

 ficed at funeral, 236; hung in bags at 

 night, 129; chickens eaten by, 244 

 Hindu Javanese, first settlers in Borneo, 

 18; kingdoms founded by, 18; ab- 

 sorbed by Malays, 18 

 Hinduism of first settlers in Borneo, 18 

 Hindus, in South Africa, 284; antiquities 

 of, found in Borneo, 285-289; brass 

 statue, 289; influence of, among Da- 

 yaks, 289, 290 

 Hoang Tshirao, village of, 280 

 Honesty, of natives, 74, 260, 421 

 Honey, native methods of gathering, 179, 



318 

 Hong Seng, Chinese merchant, 29 

 Hornbills, 85, 122, 169, 189, 190, 246, 273, 

 274; the rhinoceros, 169, 354; the tail 

 feathers of, 237, 246, 354; image of, on 

 flying prahu, 336; image of, on pantar, 



364 



Hornets, 42 



Hose, Doctor, 23, 77 



Hospitality, of natives, 152, 26b, 345, 421 



House of worship, at Angkipi, 298, 299; 

 at Ado, 301; at Tumingki, 307, 308 



Houses: camping, for travellers, 31; com- 

 munal, 30, 115, 174, 196, 317, 349; 

 with upright pillars before, 116, 351; 

 at Tumbang Marowei, 128; custom of 

 burying slave alive underneath, 129, 

 341; at Long Kai, 215; at Long Pa- 

 hangei, 222, 223; with beautiful carv- 

 ings, 237, 272; Malay, 298, 368; high- 

 gabled, in Negara, 312; of the Katin- 

 gans, 317; form of salutation on enter- 

 ing and leaving, 349; dancing on com- 

 pletion of, 43 1 



