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INDEX 



Lahanin River, the, 300 



Laki Mae, folk-tale, 404 



Laki Sora and Laki Iyu, folk-tale, 390 



Lamps, native, 69 



Language, Malay, 30; resemblance of 



Dayak to Alfur, 441, 442 

 Lansat, the (fruit), 15, 243 

 Lansium domesticum, 243 

 Laong River, the, 113, 145, 427 

 Leave-taking, native manner of, 343, 349, 



411, 413 n. 

 Leaves that Baffled Antoh, folk-tale, 386 

 Ledjuli. See Raja Besar 

 Leeches, jungle, 41, 170; the bite of, 48 

 Legs, wasting of muscles of, 344 

 Lemur, the spectacled, 262 

 Liao. See Souls 

 Lidju, interpreter, 197, 222, 227, 238, 264, 



275 



Lightning, death from, unknown to Bu- 

 kats, Penihings and Punans, 433 



Limestone hills, 240, 241 



Lizard, as food, 217, 315, 334; shot by 

 sergeant, 276; a man-eating, 352; red- 

 backed, supposed to bring good luck, 



359 . 

 Lobiophasis, 40 

 Lodging-house, for Dayaks at Long Pan- 



gian, 60 

 Loing, Mr., 128, 163, 207, 213, 283, 285, 



293, 3". 3H, 323, 324, 367 



Lok Besar, a journey to, 293 et seq.; ar- 

 rival at, 301, 302; elevation at, 301 



Long Blu, Kayan kampong at, 238 



Long-Glats, the, belief of, in friendly 

 spirit, 122; food of, 217, 274, 275; and 

 Oma-Sulings, 222; the women of, 232, 

 2 33> 2 7S; Ibans feared by, 252; weav- 

 ing no longer done by, 269; location of, 

 270; original home of, 272; character- 

 istics of, 273; mats made by, 274; 

 customs and beliefs of, 274, 275, 439, 

 440; large families desired by, 275; the 

 children of, 275; folk-lore of, 406-413; 

 manner of bidding farewell, 411, 413 n.; 

 known as Orang Bahau, 433; former 

 name of, 439; colour of, 439; sub- 

 tribes of, 439; customs regarding child- 

 birth, 439; funeral customs of, 440 



Long Iram, 239, 269, 270, 276; garrison 

 at, 280; arrival at, 280; description of, 

 280; temperature at, 281 



Long Isau, fishing at, 63-69 



Long Kai, 212-216; garrison at, 212, 213, 

 252; data from, concerning tribes, 433 



Long Mahan, 71 



Long Nawang, the garrison at, 95, 96 



Long Pahangei, great triennial festival 

 at, 220, 223-233; the camp at, 221; 



houses of, 222, 223; a second visit to, 

 263, 264, 268; largest Oma-Suling set- 

 tlement, 269 



Long Pangian, 54, 59, 61; dry weather at, 

 55; the posthouder of, 55, 91, 92; de- 

 veloping plates at, 60; difficulty in se- 

 curing men at, 70; the tribes at, 425, 

 426 



Long Pelaban, 73, 78 



Long Tjehan, the camp at, 219; Bahau 

 festival at, 220; return to, 239; the 

 rajas in, 245; natives observed in, 246; 

 curing of sick at, 250 



Long Tujo, the Long-Glats of, 270 et seq. ; 

 folk-lore from, 406-413; data from, con- 

 cerning natives, 439 



Longicornes, 41 



Longko, Malay boatman, 155; deer killed 

 by, 151; desertion of, 165 



Lorenz, Dr., 54, 219 



Lulo Pakko, the camp at, 265 



Lung Karang, orchid found near, 240 



Macassar, 107, 108 

 Madras, 108 



Magellan's expedition, 19 

 Magic, folk-tale about, 409 

 Magic Babi Bone, The, folk-tale, 397 

 Mahakam River, the, 196; fish in, 16; 

 religious ideas on, 1 19-124; arrival on, 

 210; an excursion down, 220, 221; the 

 rapids of, 213, 277, 279; overflow of, 

 268; Oma-Suling settlements on Upper, 

 269; departure from region of Upper, 

 276; Malay influence not extended to 

 Upper, 276; continuing the journey 

 down, 277 et seq.; dry season on, 278; 

 rapid fall of, 278; the tribes of, 432, 

 433; data from, concerning tribes, 432- 



440 • , 



Mail, receipt of, in the jungle, 38 



Maize, cultivation of, 149 



Malaria, 15, 25, 26, 119, 133, 166, 171, 

 180, 191, 281, 298, 312, 373 



Malay, language, the, 30; coolies, diffi- 

 culty with, 367-370 



Malays, in Borneo, number of, 17; influ- 

 ence of, 18; pirates among, 20; food 

 sacrificed to monkeys by, 25; of the 

 Bulungan district, 51, 52; women and 

 children of, 52; food of, 58; method of 

 drinking water, 64; revolution of, 112; 

 at Batu Boa, 124; influence supreme 

 on Barito River, 150; a strike among, 

 157; outfit of travelling, 158; engaged 

 in gathering rattan, 163; head-hunting 

 raids on, 253; umbrellas carried by, 

 270; not in Upper Mahakam region, 

 276; use of cajuput oil by, 294; at Pen- 



