INDEX 



461 



Oostenbroek, G., 287 



Orang Bahau, the, 432; meaning of name, 

 433; tribes included in, 433 



Orang-utan, Dayak resembling, 98; shot 

 by Chonggat, 99; rare in Central 

 Borneo, 99; cries like child when 

 wounded, 100; supposed to be able to 

 swim, 100, 415 n.; stories of attacks 

 of, 100, 101; as food, 334; belief in soul 

 of, 445; folk-tale about, 414 



Orang-Utan and the Dayak, The, folk-tale, 



Orchids, of Borneo, 15, 151, 167; with 

 aromatic fragrance, 190; search for 

 rare variety of, 240-242 



Ornaments worn by natives, 68, 76, 77, 

 152, 178, 179, 212, 233, 273, 413 n. 



Ot-Danums, the, 22; atTelokDjulo, 152- 

 154; physical appearance of, 152; the 

 village of, 152; ornaments of, 152; 

 tatuing of, 152, 317; story of an un- 

 faithful wife, 153; cure of disease by, 

 251; on the Katingan River, 315; 

 funeral customs of, 320; of Tevang 

 Karangan, 320; known as Duhoi on the 

 Samba River, 321, 325-348; head- 

 hunting of, 325; meaning of the name, 

 327; the kapatongs of, 330-332; loca- 

 tion and number of, 327; primitive 

 conditions of, 327; customs regarding 

 childbirth, 440; belief concerning num- 

 ber and location of souls, 445; folk- 

 lore of, 414-416 



Ot-tjin, the game, 435-437 



Otter, fish caught by, 172; folk-tale about, 

 402 



Otto, government river steamer, III, 114, 

 147, 148, 311 



Outfit for travel in the tropics, principal 

 items in, 114, 128 



Ox, wild, 334 



Pa-au, 296, 297 



Paddi. See Rice 



Paddlers. See Boatmen 



Pagan Tribes in Borneo, quoted, 23 



Pahandut, 373 



Pahit (antoh), legend of, 395 



Paint, face, of Malay women, 3 12 



Pajamas, worn by a native, 325 



Palapak tree, the, 37 



Pani River, the, 220 



Pantars (memorial poles), 347, 364, 365 



Panyanggaran, the (memorial pole), 363 



Paradise flycatcher, the, 32 



Parang (short sword), 61, 83; inlaid work 



on blade of, 355 

 Pasang-grahan (camping-house), 31, 50; 



at Belimbing, 298; at Beringan, 301; 



at Kandangan, 310, 311; atLonglram, 

 280; at Long Pangian, 54, 61; at Sa- 

 marinda, 285; at Sembulo, 104; pro- 

 tected by palm-leaf mats, 347, 348 



Pasir, 18; the ex-Sultan of, 420 n. 



Pdtin Fish, The, folk-tale, 417 



Peanuts, cultivation of, 299 



Peas, green, of the East Indies, 55, 57 



Pembuang River, the, approach to, 101; 

 the trip up, 102, 103 



Pendahara, camp at, 318 



Penganun, the Huge Serpent, folk-tale, 386, 

 387 



Pengaron, arrival at, 296 



Penihings, the, belief of, in friendly spirit, 

 122; a stay among, 211-216, 219 etseq.; 

 articles sold by, 212; murder com- 

 mitted by chief of, 212; characteristics 

 of, 215; houses of, 215; the blian's 

 shield, 215, 249; physical appearance 

 of, 246; valuable collections made 

 while among, 239, 243 ; a burial cave of, 

 240-242; funeral customs of, 242; 

 tribal name of, 245; the raja or chief of, 

 245; omens of, 245; customs of, 246- 

 251, 434; hair colour of, 246; voices of, 

 246; weapons of, 246; the women of, 

 246, 247, 253; the cradle of, 247; sacred 

 number of, 247; top-spinning by, 247; 

 religious ideas of, 248, 249; the five 

 souls of, 249; method of curing disease, 

 249-251; Ibans feared by, 252; weav- 

 ing done by, 269; Saputans formerly 

 governed by, 389; impossible to obtain 

 folk-tales from, 389; tuba-fishing prac- 

 tised by, 430; included in Orang Bahau, 

 433; cure for snake-bite known to, 433; 

 death from lightning unknown to, 433; 

 marriage customs of, 434; customs re- 

 garding childbirth, 434; filing of teeth 

 by, 434; game played by, 43S"437J 

 use by, of nagah in designs, 438; in- 

 terpretation of basket designs by, 438 



Penyahbongs, the, kampong of Tamaloe 

 formed by, 162, 174; a nomadic people, 

 174; boat crew of, 165, 190; rhinoceros 

 hunting expedition of, 177; character- 

 istics of, 178; head ornament of, 178; 

 ear ornamentation of, 178, 179; gar- 

 ments of, 179; tatuing of, 179; food of, 

 179; customs of, 178-185; no disease 

 among, 180; marriage customs of, 180; 

 the women of, 181-183, 253; the chil- 

 dren of, 181, 183; hunting of, 183, 253; 

 weapons of, 179, 182, 253; no divorce 

 among, 184; funeral customs of, 184, 

 185; compared with the Saputans, 197; 

 the Ulu-Ots, 342, 343; agriculturists, 

 342; head-hunters, 343; folk-tales of, 



