CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER XIX 



Sago Making at Bintulu — Departure for the Interior — A Primi- 

 tive Boat — Up the Bintulu River — A Dangerous Adventure 

 —We are Forced to Return — The Undang-Undang — An 

 Aquatic Fern — Third Departure for the Interior — Sub- 

 aqueous Sounds — -A Fortunate Meeting — The Pamali on the 

 Tubao — I Force the Pass — With the Kayans — Novel Kind 

 of Idol — Ascent of the Tubao — Diseases of the Kayans — 

 Influence of Floods on Plants — The Bellaga Hills — On 

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CHAPTER XX 



Down the Rejang — The Kayans' Knowledge of the Interior — 

 Stenophyllism and its Causes — Camphor Trees — Tama Dian 

 and His Establishment — The Wild Sago Palm — A Kay an 

 Masquerade — The Banteng and other Big Game — On the 

 Rapids — Freshwater Alg,e of Marine Type — Sharks and 

 Rays in the River — The Tanjong — in the Dyak Country — The 

 Ketibas — Kanowit — A Dishonest Trader— At Sibu — The 

 Tribes of the Rejang — From Sibu to the Sea — Black Flowers 

 — Adventures with Crocodiles — New Palms — Mouth of the 

 Igan — Mosquitoes and other Insect Pests — Wild Oranges . 302 



CHAPTER XXI 



From the Rejang to the Batang Lupar — A Splendid Dyak Type 

 — Orang Skull Amongst Human Trophies — A Lucky Gun 

 Accident — On the Kanowit — The Ruddy Monkey and Bezoar 

 Stones — Abnormal Dyaks — A Bird of Good Omen — Poling 

 —Picturesque Scenery — Remarkable Aquatic Plants — A 

 Giant Tapang — Manufacture of Sumpitans — We Begin the 

 Overland Journey — Flowers on Roots — A Pigmy Aroid — 

 Edible Stones — Rice Fields — In the Sakarrang Valley — 



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