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INDEX 



How the Penganun was Caught Alive, folk- 

 tale, 387 



Humidity, 35, 128, 189, 190, 281 



Humour, sense of, among natives, 347 



Hunchback, 302 



Hunting, deer, 151; wild pig, 171, 191; 

 rhinoceros, 177; by the Penyahbongs, 

 182; part taken by women in, 253, 334; 

 omens concerning, 334 



Hydrophobia, 78, 200 



Ibans, the, 22, 23, 27; head-hunting raids 

 of, 218,252; known as OrangBahau, 433 



Idenburg, A. W. F., Governor-General of 

 Netherlands India, 10, 107-109 



Imperial Limited Express, a race with the, 



377 



Incision, the practice of, 379, 445 



India, British, 107 



Indonesians, the, 22 



Infants, bathing of, 333, 334 



Infidelity in marital relations, punishment 



for, 217, 218, 421, 434, 435; rareness of, 



421 

 Inheritance, customs regarding, 355 

 Insects, in the jungle, 41-43; remedy for 



bites of, 128 

 Intelligence of natives, 74, 327, 423 

 Interpreter, the, 30, 197, 212, 213, 222, 



232, 233, 238, 239, 329, 389 

 Inyah Otuntaga, legend of, 389 

 Inu, legend of, 392-395 

 Ipoh, poison for sumpitan darts, 133, 180, 



434 



Iron, 16, 322 



Ironwood, kapatongs made of, 116, 330; 

 receptacle for dead made of, 139, 141; 

 boats of, 312, 373; funeral house of, 362; 

 the panyanggaran made of, 363; the 

 pantar, 364; spears of, 444; effect of 

 sleeping on floors of, 378, 379 



Isau River, the, 63, 65-69 



Islamism, 18, 300 



Ismail, 296; residence of, 300 



Iyu, folk-tale about, 390 



Jans sens, steamship, 314, 375 



Japan, along the coast of, 7, 8; impres- 

 sions of, 8, 9 



Japanese, characteristics of, 8, 9; remedy 

 of, for wounds, 204; a native resem- 

 bling, 376; medicines sold to natives 

 by, 379 



Jars, valuable old, 350, 351 



Java, best season to visit, 11; Buddhist 

 monument in, II, 12; the garden of the 

 East, 13; formerly part of Asia, 14; 

 Islamism in, 18; an earthquake in, 292; 

 eradicating the plague in, 292, 293 



Javanese, sailors, 94; soldiers, 214; easily 

 lost in jungle, 153; remarkable intelli- 

 gence of, 422; Hindu Javanese, 18 



Javau, edible root, 139 



Jews'-harp, 121 



Joking, practical, 228 



Juggling, by blians, 250 



Jungle, the, an expedition into, 34 et seq.; 

 making a shelter in, 31, 35-37, 54; cut- 

 ting a clearing in, 35, 36; stagnant 

 atmosphere of, 35; making a fire in, 37; 

 hardwood trees of, 37; ease of ascent 

 m » 37) 38; denseness of vegetation in, 

 37; animal life in, 38-41; birds of, 40; 

 rain in, 40; fish in, 41 ; insects of, 41-43 ; 

 rapid growth of vegetation in, 53; grass 

 in, 53, 54; in the midst of, 161; effect of 

 dry weather on, 263 



Jurong, wooden image used by blian, 429 



Kaburau, 30, 53, 425 



Kahayan River, the, Protestant mission 

 on, 328; Malay influence on, 373; folk- 

 lore from, 414-416 



Kahayans, the, cigar-cases made by, 25; 

 the camp among, 322; with beards, 322; 

 compared with Malays, 327; superior 

 intellect of, 327, 423 ; converts to Chris- 

 tianity among, 328; polygamy of, 337; 

 folk-tale of, 418 



Kai River, the, 213 



Kambang, island of, 25 



Kamkamiak, evil antoh, 416 



Kandangan, the journey to, 309; arrival 

 at, 310; caves near, 420 n. 



Kapala, election of, by Duhoi, 333; dis- 

 abled, at Buntut Mangkikit, 344; tatu- 

 ing on, at Bali, 347; brother of, eaten 

 by crocodile, 353 



Kapatongs, 258, 322; attendants on souls 

 of the dead, 116, 330, 347, 351, 352, 365; 

 for protection of the living, 330-332; 

 carried by head-hunters, 331; curious 

 representations of, 331; transmitted as 

 heirlooms, 332; at feasts, 332; rep- 

 resenting a raja, 351; representing a 

 woman with betel box, 352 



Kapuas River, the, 373, 430 



Kasao River, the, 187, 194; Saputan 

 name for, 194 n.; drifting down, 195; 

 continuation of journey down, 205 et 

 seq.; flowers along, 205, 213; rapids of, 

 205-208; data from, concerning Sapu- 

 tans, 431 



Kasungan, 316; at the "onder's" house 

 in, 349-366 



Katingan River, the, an expedition to, 

 314 et seq.; plan to reach head of, aban- 

 doned, 343; ascent of, as far as first 



