SKETCH OF BORNEO. 55 



from another in dajs jonrnies, and tlio difTerent 

 articlos of trade \vliich are to be procured at 

 difTerent places. In the following sketch the 

 authority followed with respect to the Southern 

 trihes is that of Radermacher^ whose obser^a- 

 tions clnefly ^pp^y to the tribe of Binjar, named 

 Biaju. With regard to the Eist and^ North, the 

 chief authorities are Dalrvniple and Forrest, and 

 with regard to the West the authority of Mr. 

 Burn, who had not only the opportunity of 

 Consulting many Iraders of Pontiana, who were 

 in the habit of visiting the interior^ but had 

 himself seen several hundreds of the tribes of 

 Mainpawa and Sango^ several of whom could 

 con verse in the Malay Languagc. 



In appearance^ theDayakare fairer and hand- 

 aomer than the Malays^ they are of a more 

 slender marke, with higher fore-heads and noses, 

 their hair is long, straight and coarse, generally 

 cut short round their heads. The feuiales are 

 fair and handsome. Many of the Dayak have 

 a rough scaly scurf on their skin, like the 

 jakong of the Malay peninsula. This they 

 consider as an ornament, and are said to acquire 

 it by rubbing the juice of some plant ?on their 

 skin. The female slaves of this race which are 

 found among the Malays have iio appeaiance of 



