INDEX 



467 



Umbrellas, carried by Malays, 270; use- 

 ful for travel in Borneo, 271 



Upper Kahayan River, the, folk-lore from, 

 414-416 



Vaccinateur, the, 294, 296-298 



Vancouver, arrival at, 7 



Van Dijl, Lieutenant J., 147 



Faranus, 276 



Vegetables, used in cure of diseases, 57 n.; 



stew of, 55, 57,58, 149, 378 

 Vegetation in the jungle, change in dense- 



ness of, 37; rapid growth of, 53 

 Vendetta among the Katingans, 354 

 Vergouwen, J. C., 294 

 Villages, custom of changing location of, 



211 

 Voices, shrill, 198, 246 

 Von Luschan colour scale, 44 n., 439 



Wages, paid to boatmen, 105, 106, 158, 

 162, 187, 195, 211 



Wah-wah (man-like ape), 133, 150, 189, 

 IQ 4, 275; traits of, 39; human beha- 

 viour of, 39; knife handles made from 

 engraved bones of, 329; superstition 

 concerning, 359 



Walking, native manner of, 45, 178 



Wallace, A. R., quoted, on the Boro 

 Budur, 12; his opinion of the durian, 

 266; his Malay Archipelago quoted, 



305 

 War-dance, 177, 328, 329 

 War, European, 285 

 Watch-tower, a, 80 

 Water, boiling of drinking, essential in 



tropics, no; temperature of bathing, 



in tropics, 114; salt, from rocks, 192; 



pool of salt, 280 

 Water-buffaloes, 152; sacrifice of, 120, 



140, 362-364; herd of, at Batokelau, 



279; at times an antoh, 416 n. 

 Water-plant, 24, 97, 103, 391, 392 

 Wealth of the Dayaks, 350 

 Weapons: the klevang, 138; the parang, 



61, 355; . the spear, 73, 302, 404 n.; 



the sumpitan, 46, 47, 73, 132, 133, 171, 



179, 180, 198, 218, 246, 275, 302, 327, 



377) 387 n., 434; carried by women, 



182, 232, 253 

 Wearing apparel: aboriginal, added to 



collection, 212, 264; the Dayak, 290; 



of Katingan women, 345; of Kenyah 



women, 63; of Penyahbongs, 179; 



mourning garments, 64, 65 

 Weather, variety in, in the tropics, n 

 Weaving, by the Bugis, 25; material for 



clothing, 269; rattan mats, 183, 198, 



218, 274, 303, 329, 373, 441 

 Wedding, festival, 198; at Tumbang 



Marowei, 127. See also Marriage cus- 

 toms 



When Husband and Wife are Antohs, folk- 

 lore tale, 401 



Widows, rules observed by, 185, 357, 363, 

 364 



Wild men of Borneo (the Ulu-Ots), 341- 

 343 



Wind, lack of, in the tropics, 134, 161, 

 222; in cave of Kong Beng, 287; at 

 Kuala Braui, 326; calling the, 338; 

 on Lake Sembulo, 376 



Wives, number permitted by various 

 tribes, 138, 199, 275, 303, 337, 345; 

 price paid for, 180, 199, 303, 337, 377, 

 437; disloyal, 153,217, 218,421,434,435 



Women: coaling of steamers by Japanese, 

 9; song of the Kayan, 49; manners of, 

 51; few children of Dayak, 51, 52; the 

 Malay, 52; dress of, 63, 179, 290, 345; 

 mourning garments of, 64, 65; frequent 

 bathing of, 75, 273, 427; photograph- 

 ing, 75, 136, 152, 205, 217, 273, 299, 

 300, 345; cigarette smoking by, 83; 

 dancing of, 117, 118, 142, 328, 346, 362; 

 blians, 123, 224, 225, 230-232, 344; 

 folk-lore tales sung by, 137; restrictions 

 imposed on, 181, 198, 334, 355-357, 

 439; head ornament of, 178,273,413 n.; 

 weapons carried by, 182, 232, 253, 345; 

 occupations of, 183, 274; lot of, not an 

 unhappy one, 183; part taken by, on 

 hunting trips, 183, 253, 334, 418 n.; 

 rules observed by widows, 185, 357, 

 363, 364; a visit from, at bathing time, 

 266; face paint used by Malay, 312; 

 regarded as more alert than men, 331; 

 hair-dressing of, 345; a Malay boat- 

 man's wife, 370; antohs which cause in- 

 jury to, 416; polyandry among Duhoi, 

 440; customs regarding childbirth, 46, 

 427, 43 1> 432, 434, 437, 439, 44°; of 

 the Bukats, 217, 218; of the Bukits, 

 303; the Duhoi, 328, 334, 337, 440; 

 Kayan, 50, 51; Katingan, 317, 344- 

 346, 355, 356; of the Kenyans, 63, 74- 

 77, 83; Long-Glat, 232, 273-275, 439; 

 of the Murungs, 138, 427; Oma-Suling, 

 232, 266, 437; Penihing, 246, 247, 434; 

 Penyahbong, 180-184, 431; Punan, 

 218; Saputan, 198, 199, 392, 432 



Wonderful Tree, The, folk-lore tale, 392 

 Wong Su, cook, 47 



Woodcraftsmen, Dayaks able, 144, 421 

 Wrestling, in the water, 192; at great tri- 

 ennial feast, 231, 232 

 Wristlets, 150, 440 



Year, the Katingan, 442, 443 

 Yokohama, the bay of, 7 



