CONTENTS 



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The Milk of the Upas — Dyak Cosmography — Down the 

 Sakarrang— A Dyak Court of Justice — Travel Customs on 

 the Sakarrang — Arrival at Simanggan .... 325 



CHAPTER XXII 



From the Batang Lupar to Kuching — Simanggan — A Swampy 

 Forest— At Banting — Ascent of Mount Lingga — Difficulties 

 beset our Journey — Astray in the Lagoons of the Lingga — 

 Dyak Instrument for Husking Rice — An Experiment with 

 Upas Poison — The Kulit-Lawan — Amongst the Sabuyo Dyaks 

 — Marshes with Pandani — From Sumundjang to Samarahan 

 — Lost in the Forest — End of the Journey . . 341 



CHAPTER XXIII 



Seasonal Abnormalities and their Effects on Vegetation — An 

 Able Trapper — I become Invalided — Excursion to the Auri- 

 ferous Districts of Sarawak — At Grogo — Freshwater Pearl 

 Oysters — Gold in Caves — The Paku Cave — The End of my 

 Projects — I return to Italy . . . • • • 35 1 



CHAPTER XXIV 



Sarawak Ten Years Later — The " Astana," Residence of the 

 Rajah — A Glance at the History of Sarawak — Rajah Sir 

 James Brooke — The Chinese Rebellion — The Present Rajah 

 —Extent and Boundaries of the Kingdom of Sarawak — Our 

 Present Geographical Knowledge of the Interior of Borneo 

 — Wild Tribes — Absence of Negritos in Borneo — Cannibalism 

 and Human Sacrifices — Population of Sarawak — Inter- 



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