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A TYPE OP RIV^R CRAFT MUCH USED IN SARAWAK : THE MEMBERS OE THE CREW 

 SQUAT IN THE BOW AND STERN, REACHING OVER THE SIDE TO PADDLE 



The roof, made of palm leaves, provides protection from rain and sun. A small dugout is 



fastened with rattan beside the log. 



found that the girl's arm was nearly well, 

 and that I had a reputation as the great- 

 est Manang, or witch doctor, that had 

 ever come up the river. 



DISPENSING AMMONIA COCKTAILS TO 

 NATIVE WOMEN 



Every one, sick and well, wanted medi- 

 cine, and when a bevy of cheerful old 

 ladies, with nothing whatever the matter 

 with them, came to me, I was somewhat 

 at a loss. Finding, however, in my splen- 

 did little medicine chest an unopened 

 bottle of ammonium bromide tablets, rec- 

 ommended as a nerve sedative, I decided 

 that it was just the thing, and proceeded 

 to administer small ammonia cocktails. 



As the old ladies had been chewing the 

 astringent betel-nut and siri all their lives, 

 the pungent flavor of the ammonia gave 

 them a new sensation in their tasteless 

 mouths that pleased them immensely. 



They crowded around me for more, 

 which I was obliged to refuse. 



To one not skilled in the use of medi- 

 cines, the simplicity of the medicine chest 

 carried by Beccari, the explorer, makes a 

 strong appeal ; he dispensed only quinine, 

 chlorodyne, or tincture of Worcester- 

 shire sauce, as the symptoms appeared to 

 demand. The native is no homoeopath — 

 he wants his medicine strong! 



THE BLACKSMITH WORKS IN SECRET 



As I came away from Tama Ding's 

 house, I noticed in a shed a man forging 

 a parang blade and two others vigorously 

 working a simple pump, made from large 

 bamboos, for blowing the fire. With 

 much interest in the making of these 

 really fine blades, I started to enter, but 

 was quickly told that I musn't do so, but 

 could watch from the outside. 



The blacksmith's objections were prob- 



