INDEX 



459 



garon, 296; and Dayaks, 297; house of, 

 at Belimbing, 298; in Negara, 312, 313; 

 paint used by women, 312; lower por- 

 tions of great rivers populated by, 315; 

 influence of, on Kahayan and Kapuas 

 Rivers, 373; of Sembulo, 375, 377; in- 

 fluence of, shown in folk-tales, 387 n., 

 392 n., 413 n.; intelligence of, 422; 

 Dayaks being absorbed by, 423, 424 



Mamberamo River, the, expedition on, 

 recalled, 107 



Mancala (game), description of, 435-437 



Mandau, short sword, 61 



Mandin, village of, 300 



Mandumei, water of sea reaches, 374 



Mangosten (wild fruit), 15 



Manis, 131 



Mansur, Dato, 28 



Map-making, 191, 323, 324 



Margasari, Hindu remains at, 289 



Marriage customs, of the Bukats, 217, 

 218; of the Bukits, 303; of the Duhoi, 

 337; of the Katingans, 345, 355; of the 

 Long-Glats, 275; of the Mu rungs, 127, 

 138; of Oma-Sulings, 437, 438; of 

 Penihings, 434; of Penyahbongs, 180; 

 of Punans, 217, 218; of Saputans, 199 



Marriage, unfaithfulness in, 153, 217, 218, 

 421, 434, 435; faithfulness in, 421 



Martapura, diamond-fields of, 16, 294; by 

 canal to, 293 



Masks, dancing with, 121, 122; bought at 

 Data Lingei, 237 



Massey, B., 295 



Mata Punai, decorative design, 419 n. 



Mats, making of, 183, 198, 218, 274; sleep- 

 ing, 303; designs on, 329, 441; made 

 at Kuala Kapuas, 373 



McCann, Alfred W., formula of, for cure 

 of diseases with vegetables, 57 n. 



McDougall, Dr., 23, 77 



Measles, 300 



Meat, formerly eaten raw, 392 



Medicine, natives' fondness for white 

 man's, 166, 167; gall of bear used as, 218 



Mehalats, the, customs of, 442 



Melalevca leucodendron, 294 



Men, physical appearance of, 45, 73, 114, 

 152, 178, 246, 281, 290, 299, 332, 439; 

 women outnumbered by, 51; dressed 

 as women, 61; dress of blian, 136; ear 

 ornamentation of, 178, 179; restric- 

 tions concerning women, observed by, 

 46, 176, 182, 218, 247, 355-357; regula- 

 tions observed by widowers, 185; pre- 

 cautions taken by unmarried, 247; 

 mutilation of body by, 427 



Mendawei (Katingan) River, the, expedi- 

 tion to, 314 et seq. 



Mendut, the temple of, 13 



Merasi River, the, 252; an excursion up, 

 264, 265; the return journey on, 268 



Metsers, Lieutenant T. F. J., 214 



Mexico, Indians of, 299 



Meyer, A. F., 311 



Meyer, Mrs. A. F., collection of animals 

 and birds of, 311, 312 



Michielsen, Controleur W. J., 98, 256, 3 16; 

 first European to visit Samba River, 

 326; quoted, on the Ulu-Ots, 342; 

 blangas seen by, 3 50; quoted, on Katin- 

 gans, 441 



Milk, best kind for travel in the tropics, 



? 8 

 Mineral resources of Borneo, 16; gold, 



150, 161, 326, 343; iron, 322 



Missionaries, Protestant and Catholic, in 

 Dutch Borneo, 26, 328 



Modjopahit, founded by Hindus, 18; fall 

 of, 18 



Moerman, C, 289 



Mohaktahakam Who Slew an Antoh, folk- 

 tale, 395 



Mohammedanism, 18, 105, 300 



Money (wang), 144, 239 



Money-box, the stealing of a, 164 



Monkeys: long-nosed, 16, 103, 133; food 

 sacrifices to, 25; supposed to be able 

 to swim, 100, 415 n.; saying of natives 

 of Java concerning, 101; seen along 

 Pembuang River, 102, 103; as food, 

 179, 334; along the Busang River, 189; 

 figure of, to protect rice-field, 330; 

 superstition concerning red, 358, 359; 

 tale of the cocoanut, 381. See also 

 Orang-utan and Wah-Wah 



Monogamy, 199, 217 



Months, designated by numbers, 442, 443 



Moon, native belief concerning, 120; tatu 

 marks representing, 152, 317, 377 



Morning-glories, 294 



Mosque, wooden, at Sembulo, 105 



Mosquito-netting, 61, 62, 194 



Mosquitoes, 113, 191, 214, 281, 312, 329; 

 illness caused by sting of, 203, 204 



Motherless Boy, The, folk-tale, 381 



Moths, 41, 189 



Motor-boat, prahu towed by, 316 



Mountains of Borneo: 14; Kinabalu, 14; 

 Gunong Rega, 47; first appearance of, 

 112; on Busang River, 168; crossing 

 the Bukit, 193, 194; Lung Karang, 240; 

 seen from Batokelau, 279; canyon 

 through, 279; Mountain of Images, 

 286-289; see n from Tumingki, 308; 

 the stone man and the stone wife, 

 420 n.; Miiller, 430 



Mourning garments, 64, 65 



