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INDEX 



Throat, sick in his, Saputan expression, 

 400 n. 



Thunder-storms, 11,82, 89, 199, 276, 367 



Tiger-cat, representation of, as protec- 

 tion, 331; not eaten, 334; image of, on 

 flying prahu, 336; image of, guarding 

 house, 351; soul of, 445 



Tigers, Indian, 16 



Tin, 16; cans, stolen by natives, 144, 145 



Tinea imbricata, 176 



Tingan, interpreter, 213 



Tipang Tingai, 395 n. 



Tiwah feast (second funeral feast), 139— 

 142, 361-365, 377, 441 



Tjehan River, the, 240 



Tobacco: native, 78; asked for by women, 

 266; chewing, 320; given to natives, 

 47, 221, 320, 326 



Togallan, time for planting rice deter- 

 mined by, 443, 444 



Top-spinning, omens taken by, 247, 248 



Torch, 318 



Trade in Borneo, mainly conducted by 

 Chinese, 28, 29 



Traders, native, from Apo Kayan, 53, 

 59-61 



Tragulus, 195 



Traps, fishing, 65 



Travellers, and omens, 358 



Travelling, Malay outfit for, 158; Peni- 

 hing custom of travelling at night, 246 



Tree of which Antoh is Afraid, The, folk- 

 tale, 385 



Trees, of Borneo, 15; felling of, 36; hard- 

 wood, of the jungle, 37; methods of 

 climbing tall, 46, 161, 178, 303, 318; 

 poison from, 133, 180, 434; fruit-bear- 

 ing, 243, 263, 266, 267; falling, and 

 head-hunting raids, 257; fallen but 

 still living, 278; punishment of, when 

 man is killed by falling from, 357; 

 antohs in, 357, 358; sacrifices made on 

 falling of, 358; the crevaia, 263; the 

 durian, 266, 267; the lansat, 243; the 

 tapang, 318; folk-tales about, 385, 392 



Tribes, native, of Borneo: classification 

 of, 22, 23; intermingling of, 252; 

 friendly relations among, 220, 222; 

 characteristics and capabilities of, 421- 

 423; the Bahau, 210; Basap, 22; Bato- 

 Pola, 439; Bukats, 213, 216-218, 430, 

 433; Bukits, 298-303, 313, 342; Bu- 

 sang, 280; Duhoi, 321, 325-348, 440; 

 Ibans, 22, 23, 27, 218, 252, 433; Katin- 

 gans, Upper and Lower, 99, 119, 120, 

 251, 258, 315-320, 335, 336, 345, 351- 

 365, 441-444; Kayans, 22, 23, 46-52, 

 73, 74, 238, 239, 425-427, 4335 Ken- 

 yans, 22, 23, 60-77, 83, 87, 261, 281, 

 283, 425-427, 445; Long-Glats, 122, 



217, 222, 232, 252, 269-275, 406-413, 

 433, 439! Mehalats, 442; Murungs, 

 114-118, 124-142, 317, 427-429, 4455 

 Muruts, 22, 27; Oma-Lokvi, 439; 

 Oma-Palo, 223, 228; Oma-Sulings, 221- 

 236, 246, 264-269, 275, 433, 437, 438; 

 Oma-Tapi, 439; Oma-Tepe, 223; Orang 

 Bahau, 432, 433; Ot-Danums, 152-154, 

 251, 315, 317, 320, 321, 325-348, 414- 

 416, 440, 445; Penihings, 122, 211-216, 

 219, 239-253. 269, 389, 430, 433-438; 

 Penyahbongs, 162, 174, 177-185, 190, 

 197, 253, 342, 343, 381-387, 429-431; 

 Punans, 22, 34, 44-47, 81, 87, 96, 213, 

 216-219, 246, 253, 342, 429, 430, 433; 

 Saputans, 174, 197-205, 246, 253, 256, 

 342, 388-406, 430-433; Siangs, 142, 

 317; Tamoans, 369, 376, 377 



Triennial feast, the great, 220, 223-233; 

 the purpose of, 223; building of place 

 of worship, 223; food regulations at, 

 224; service imparting health and 

 strength at, 224, 225; dance of blians 

 at, 225, 230, 231; dance of the people, 

 227; killing and preparation of pigs for, 

 226, 227; the banquet, 227; practical 

 joking at, 228; rice-throwing at, 231; 

 wrestling, 231, 232; march of blians, 

 232; end of, 233 



Trumpets, as accompaniment to singing, 

 50 



Trunk, steel, 412, 413 n. 



Trustworthiness of natives, 421 



Truthfulness of natives, 74, 260, 305 



Tuak. See Brandy 



Tuan Allah, 395 n., 413 n. 



Tuba-fishing, 63, 65-69, 81, 84-87, 430 



Tumbang Djuloi, village of, 157 



Tumbang Mantike, iron ore at, 322 



Tumbang Marowei, village of, 115; re- 

 turn to, 124 et seq., 143; data from, 

 concerning Murungs, 427 



Tumingki, village of, 306, 307 



Turtle, 334; supposed to be poisonous, 

 418 n. 



Twins, among children of the Dayaks, 

 275, 427, 432, 434 



Two Orphans, The, folk-lore tale, 384 



Ugga River, the, 272 



Uljee, J. A., 60 



Ulu-Ots, supposed to be cannibals, 341; 

 habitats of, 341; believed to have tails 

 and to sleep in trees, 341; number and 

 appearance of, 342; inveterate head- 

 hunters, 342; collective name for sev- 

 eral tribes, 342, 343 



Ulung Ela, the fatherless boy, 383, 384 



Ulung Tiung, the motherless boy, 381- 

 383 



