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INDEX 



381-387; gold not used by, 387 n.; 

 allied to Punans, 429, 430; number of, 

 430; known as Kreho, 430; tuba-fish- 

 ing practised by, 430; name applied 

 also to mountain range, 430; belief of, 

 in antoh, 430, 431; customs regarding 

 childbirth, 431; omens taken by, 431 



Penyakit, evil antoh, 416 



Peppers, red, 413 n., 434 



Petroleum, 17; value of, in the jungle, 37 



Phalcenopsis gigantea, 240 



Pheasants of Borneo, 16; the argus, 30, 

 168, 194; white-tail, wattled, 40 



Phonographs, in Tandjong Selor, 29 



Phosphorescent lights in the jungle, 37 



Photography in the tropics: 33, 60, 71, 

 !75> I 9°» camera feared by natives, 

 75, 136, 205, 217, 273, 299, 320, 345; 

 payment made for privilege of photo- 

 graphing natives, 75, 135, 136, 201, 217, 

 333; refusal to be photographed, 171, 

 176; ornaments put on by natives, be- 

 fore being photographed, 152; refusal 

 to permit photograph to be taken while 

 working, 229; disapproval by Raja 

 Paron, 262; bathing of natives to 

 cleanse themselves after being pho- 

 tographed, 300; the harvesters, 81; 

 the ear-piercing operation, 201; the 

 Raja Besar, 229, 230; women rajas, 

 273; a kapala and his wife, 333 



Physical appearance of natives, 45, 73, 

 114, 152, 171, 178, 246, 281, 290, 299, 



332> 439 



Pig, domestic, reading of liver of, as 

 augury, 67, 123, 227; sacrifice of, at 

 dancing feast, 1 16, 117; sacrifice of, at 

 rubber gatherers' feast, 126; sacrifice 

 of, at ear-piercing operation, 202; meat 

 of, as eaten by natives, 217; killing of, 

 for great triennial festival, 226; dancing 

 around, 328, 329; sacrifice of, at rice- 

 planting, 339 



Pig, wild, 16, 112; food of Punans, 46; 

 colour of, 112; capture and killing of, 

 171, 191; along the Busang River, 189; 

 harassed by dogs, 235; giant, 296, 297; 

 herds of, 326; hunting, 334, 335; folk- 

 tale about, 397 



Pigafetta, expedition of, to Brunei, 19 



Pigeons, 280; legend of, 418 



Pillars, sacred, for benefit of the dead. 

 See Kapatongs 



Pinang, 297 



Pineapples, 15, 61, 93, 413 n. 



Pipa River, the, 81 



Pirates, Malay, 20 



Pisha, Penyahbong chief, 174, 175, 178; 

 marriage of daughter of, 181, 182 



Pitcher-plant, the, 16, 151 



Plague, the, measures taken to eradicate, 



292, 293 

 Plandok (mouse-deer), 195; superstition 



concerning, 358 

 Platinum, 16 



Podjungan, the Kenyahs in, 425 

 Poison, used in blow-pipe, 133, 180, 434 

 Polyandry, 440, 441 

 Pomelo, the, 15, 102, 244 

 Pomosing, village of, 431 

 Pontianak, evil antoh, 416 n. 

 Population, of Borneo, 16, 17; of Bulun- 



gan, 51 

 Porcupine, killing of, 131-133; legend of, 



405 



Portuguese, the, early trade relations of, 

 with Brunei, 19 



Poru, village of, 148-151 



Potatoes, unknown to natives, 82, 83 



Prahu (native, keelless boat), construc- 

 tion of, 48; a gay flotilla, 49; difficulty 

 in procuring, 53, 113, 114; loss and re- 

 covery of, 54; time required to build, 

 59; loading the, 91, 143; of the Ken- 

 yahs, 92; bailing out leaky, 93, 343; 

 difficulty in securing men for, 143, 149, 

 150, 154, 162; given to the natives, 183; 

 upsetting of, 209; with collection of 

 animals and birds, nearly swamped, 

 213; an unusually large, 264; gondola- 

 like, 312; towed by motor-boat, 316; 

 with bamboo covering in bottom, 321; 

 the flying, 335, 336, 441; legend of the 

 flying, 409, 413 n. 



Prickly heat, 15 



Priest-doctors. See Blians 



Priok, Sultan of, 270 



Prison at Sampit, beri-beri among in- 

 mates of, 378 



Protestant mission on Kahayan River, 328 



Proto-Malays, 22, 23 



Provisions, hints on proper, 56-59; for 

 trip up Barito River, Hi; the end of, 

 reached, 281 



Pulau Tombak, 375 



Punai (pigeon), legend of, 418 



Punans, the, 22, 81; a nomadic tribe, 34, 

 213, 342; shy people of the jungle, 44- 

 47, 216; avoidance of sun's rays by, 

 44; skin colour of, 44; different tribes 

 of, 45; physical characteristics of, 45, 

 46; food of, 46, 217; customs of, 46, 

 217-219; filing off of teeth by, 46, 218; 

 renowned for skill in use of sumpitan, 

 46, 246; a hunting party of, 47; head- 

 hunting raid of, 87, 88; two head- 

 hunter prisoners, 96; settlement of, at 

 Serrata, 216, 217; marriage customs 



