INDEX 



465 



Souls, belief of various tribes concerning 

 number and location of, 248, 249, 445; 

 departure of, through top of head, 360; 

 of animals presented to soul of deceased 

 person, 365; method of recalling, 429; 

 of animals, 445 



Spaan, A. W., 286 



Spear, the hunting, 73, 179, 2464 302, 

 387 n., 404 n. 



Spiders, effect of bite of, 62; in caves of 

 Kong Beng, 288 



Spirits, good and evil, 1 19-124; Hindu 

 names for good, 289. See also Antohs 



Squirrel, shot by Chonggat, 38 



Stalactites, in cave of Kimanis, 286; in 

 caves near Kandangan, 420 n. 



Star, the Montreal, assistance given by 

 reporter for, 5-7 



Stars, native belief concerning, 120; tatu- 

 marks representing, 179; rice-planting 

 season determined by, 443 



Statue, brass, of Hindu origin, 289 



Stealing, Dayak belief concerning punish- 

 ment for, 74; of tin cans, 144, 145; 

 scruples about, overcome by Malay in- 

 fluence, 145; of expedition's money- 

 box, 164; among jungle people, 217, 

 305 



Steamers: coaling of, in Japanese har- 

 bours, 9; unpleasant trip on Barito 

 River, 97, 98; voyage on a rattan trans- 

 port, 283, 284; the De Weert, 94; the 

 Grotius, 108; the Otto, 111, 114, 147, 

 148, 311; the Selatan, 101, 106, 314, 



315. 343. 349, 366, 367, 373, 375, 376; 



the Sophia, 30 

 Steel trunk, 412, 413 n. 

 Stew, native, katjang idju, 55, 57, 58, 



378; sambil goreng, 149 

 Stones, believed to be alive, 351, 366 

 Store-houses, 152 



Story of the Bird Punai, folk-tale, 418 

 Sugar-cane, 226, 413 n.; alcohol from, 78 

 Suicide among natives, 180, 198, 275, 302 

 Sultan of Bulungan, the, a visit to, 28; 



marriage of brother of, 52 

 Sultanates established by Malays, 18 

 Sumatra, formerly a part of Asia, 14 

 Sumpitan, the (blow-pipe), 46, 47, 73, 132, 



179, 198, 218, 246, 275, 302, 327, 377; 



expert makers of, 46, 218, 246; method 



of holding, 132, 191; poison for darts 



of, 133, 180, 434; the poison-carrying 



point, 171; the spear point on, 179, 



387 n., 404 n. 

 Sun, belief concerning, 120; exposure to, 



feared by natives, 270, 271; under 



equatorial, without head covering, 271, 



272 



Sungei Lobang, 211 



Sungei Paroi, preparation for journey to, 



113, 114 

 Sword, short, of the Dayak, 61 

 Syphilis, 51, 283 



Tabedjeh, legend of, 385 



Tail, skin formation resembling, 302 



Tailed men, the, legend of, 370-372; no 

 evidence of, found at Lake Sembulo, 

 378 



Talinka, folk-lore from, 417 



Tamaloe, the journey to, 162; arrival at, 

 173; kampong of, formed by Penyah- 

 bongs, 174; origin of the name, 174; 

 usual occurrence of rain at, 175; animals 

 and birds not plentiful at, 189; folk- 

 tales from, 381-387 



Tamoans, the, 369, 376; meaning of name, 

 377; scarcity of food of, 377; cholera 

 ravages among, 377; superseded by 

 Malays at Sembulo, 377; tatuing of, 

 377 



Tandjong Priok, 109 



Tandjong Selor, 27-29, 50, 53, 55, 94 



Tapang trees, 318 



Tapen Bini, Hindu remains at, 289 



Tapir, the, 16, 38 



Tappin River, the, 304, 306 



Tarsius borneanus, 262 



Tatu-markings: the full moon, 152, 317, 

 377; stars, 179; the durian fruit, 267, 

 433, 434J the nagah, 273; fish, 347; 

 the rayong, 433; colour of, from damar, 

 179; the clothing of the liao, or soul, 

 248; on entire body, 318, 347; to pre- 

 vent disease, 347 



Taxidermy in the tropics, 32, 133, 134 



Teeth, filing off of, 46, 51, 75, 138, 198, 

 302, 425, 434; metal plugs worn in, 



75 



Tehi, frame for drying fish, 395, 397 n. 



Telang kliman, magic liquid, 407, 408 



Telen River, the, 286 



Telok Djulo, village of, 151, 152 



Temang, brass statue at, 289 



Temperature: maximum in inland Borneo, 

 14; in Bandjermasin, 25; at Tumbang 

 Marowei, 128; on the equator, 161; 

 atLonglram, 281; at summit of water- 

 shed of the Riam Kiwa River, 305 



Temple. See Balei 



Tent, preferred to house, 129; the rot- 

 proof, 282 



Teong, the bird, 403, 404 n. 



Teroian tribe, the, 376 



Terpsiphone, 32 



Tevang Karangan, Upper Katingans at, 

 320 



