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lïish Dollars, after whieh he may marry anotlief/ 

 The Dayak have some \estiges of ordeal 

 amongst them. Whea charges of theft oQCur, 

 ihe.y take a pot and put into it some ashes of a pat» 

 ticular kind aud taking *wocopperpice,one in the 

 name of the accuser and the other of the accused> 

 and placing them on a stick athwart the pot, af» 

 ter ccrtain incautations they reverse them iöto 

 the pot and decide the process ia favor of the 

 party whose pice is most whitenedc 



Before the Dayak engage in any journfey, 

 War, head-hunting, or indeed any matter of im- 

 pc>rtance, theyeodeavortoprocureomensfroEnthe 

 kites, and invite them by screamiog soogs, and 

 scattering rice before them. If these birds take 

 thcir flight in the direction they wish to go, it is 

 reo-arded as a favorable omen, if they take 

 another difection they reckon it is unfavorable, 

 and delay the business till the omens appear raorc 

 favorable, 



JSND OF THE yilth VOLUME, 



