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return to, 378; beri-beri at, 378; ban- 

 quet given by controleur of, 379, 

 380 

 Sampit River, the, 98, 105, 368 

 Sand-bars, at mouth of Pembuang River, 



101, 102 

 Sand, white, 103, 105 

 Sandpiper, the, 189 

 Sandung (funeral house), 362 

 Sangiang, the (antoh), 122, 123, 441 

 Sankuvai, the (bird that calls antoh), 122 

 Sapundo, the (memorial post), 364 

 Saputans, the, 174, 179, 180; character- 

 istics of, 197, 205; number of, 198; the 

 women and children of, 198, 199, 253, 

 392; habits and customs of, 198-203, 

 392, 432; marriage customs of, 199; 

 food of, 199; belief of, about disease 

 and its cure, 200; funeral customs of, 

 201; piercing of ears of, 201-203; shy 

 about being photographed, 201, 205; 

 makers of the sumpitan, 246; head- 

 hunting of, 256; theUlu-Ots, 342; folk- 

 lore of, 388-406; governed formerly by 

 Penihings, 389; tuba-fishing practised 

 by, 430; derivation of the name, 431; 

 four villages of, 431; customs of, re- 

 garding childbirth, 432; included in 

 Orang Bahau, 433 

 Sarawak, James Brooke made raja of, 

 19, 20; success of government of, under 

 white rajas, 21; five groups of people 

 in, 22; fires at, 263 

 Schouten, H. P., 315 

 Schreuder, R., 28 



Schwaner Mountains, the, mineral possi- 

 bilities of, 17; exploration of, 326, 351; 

 the natives in, 98 

 Sea, water from, reaches Mandumei, 374 

 Sea Dayaks, the, 22, 23 

 Seat, plank used as, 265 

 Segai, the, Kayan sub-tribe, 425 

 Selatan, government steam-launch, 101, 

 106, 314, 315, 343, 349, 373, 375, 376; 

 rough weather on board, 366, 367 

 Semang, the Bad Boy, folk-tale, 406 

 Sembulo, Lake, an expedition to, 97-106; 

 description of, 103 ; visit to, postponed, 

 367-369, 373; the Dayaks on, 369; 

 legend of the tailed people of, 370-372; 

 second expedition to, 375-378; storms 

 on, 376; depth of, 376; no evidence of 

 tailed men found at, 378 

 Sembulo, village of, arrival at, 103; mos- 

 que and cemetery of, 105 ; legend of the 

 tailed people of, 370-372; population, 

 Malay, 375; rubber gathering, chief 

 occupation of, 375; natives from 

 Bangkal brought to, 375~377; epi- 



demic of beri-beri at, 376; Tamoans 

 superseded by Malays at, 378 



Senamang River, the, natives of, 442 



Serpent, huge, man-eating, 352; legends 

 of golden-horned, 386, 387. See also 

 Snake 



Serrata, 216 



Shelters, in the jungle, 31, 35-37, 54, 220, 

 277,310 



Shield: blian's, used as musical instru- 

 ment, 121, 215, 249; picture of antoh 

 on warrior's, 237; of the Penihings, 

 246 



Shyness of natives, 44, 114, 152, 216, 317 



Siangs, the, 142; tatuing of, 317 



Singapore, 108; climate of, 9 



Singing, of Kayan women, 49; of head- 

 hunters, 50; to cure disease, 119, 215, 

 249-251; folk-tales, 137; of Penyah- 

 bong chief, 175; of the Penyahbong 

 men, 182; of blian at funeral cere- 

 monies, 319; of Katingan women, 346 



Sins, kinds of, among Katingans, 357 



Skin, colour of natives', 44, 69, 147, 148, 

 342, 439; diseases, 176, 177, 200, 205, 

 283, 298; formations on thighs, 302 



Skins, animal, drying of, 32; spoiled by 

 weather conditions, 133, 134 



Skulls, natives unwilling to sell, 320, 321; 

 used as drinking-vessels, 335, 342, 442 



Slave, formerly sacrificed to attract antoh, 

 120; buried alive under houses, 129, 

 341; stones thought to be, 351; debtors 

 as, 354; killing of, for wealthy man's 

 funeral, 361; formerly sacrificed at 

 tiwah feast, 361, 363, 364; cuts inflicted 

 on, when raja dies, 365 



Smallpox, 316, 328 



Snake, poisonous, 33, 135, 180; curious 

 adventure with, 134, 135; deadly bite 

 of black, 135; a fight with, 172, 173; 

 as food, 179, 217, 315, 334, 377; caught 

 and set free, 290; huge, man-eating, 

 352; bite of cobra, 433; cure for bite 

 of, 433; folk-tales about, 386, 387 



Snake-bird, 284, 285, 312 



Snares, for catching birds, 41 



Social classes, among tribes, 74 



Soerabaia, point of steamboat connection 

 with Borneo, 11; important commer- 

 cial centre, 13; arrival at, 109, no; 

 head-hunters imprisoned at, 88, 239, 

 259; an earthquake at, 292 



Soldiers, killing of, by Dayaks, 137 



Song, of native women, 49; of the head- 

 hunters, 50 



Sonora Desert, the, 272 



Sophia, government steamship, 30 



Sora, folk-tale about, 390 



