IN BORNEAN FORESTS 



[chap. 



The Land-Dyaks are very superstitious, as are their fellow- 

 countrymen the Sea-Dyaks, and fancy that they see spirits, or 

 " Antu," as they call them, everywhere, floating in the air, and 

 wandering in the forest, or on the summits of the mountains. 

 According to Low the chief of these is " Tuppa " in the case of some 

 tribes, " Jeroang " in others. " Jewata " is also known, but is 



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Fig. 17. LAND-DYAK, WEARING COLLAR OF BOAR'S TUSKS. 



probably not a native divinity, the name being evidently derived 

 from the Indian " Dewata." " Tuppa " and " Jeroang " are superior 

 and kindly disposed divinities, who have belonging to them certain 

 secondary spirits called " Pertjia." The bad genii they call 

 " Jim " (evidently the " Jin " of the Arabs) ; these frequent the 

 lower strata of the atmosphere, the other spirits keeping to 

 the upper regions. The " Triu " and " Kamang " are mountain 

 and forest spirits ; the first good, the latter maleficent, and both of 

 bellicose tendencies. 



The Land-Dyaks, like other primitive peoples, have a super- 

 stitious awe of mountain tops, whither they can with difficulty be 



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