Addendum to Mr. Hose's paper on 

 Methods of Reckoning Time. 



Since this paper was written a good deal more information 

 about the Kenyah Sundial has come to hand, and it is evident 

 that the methods employed by the different tribes in measuring 

 the noon-day shadow and the omens attached to the respective 

 lengths of the shadow vary considerably. This is but natural 

 since the different tribes plant their crops at different times of 

 the year. A figure of a measuring-stick (asu do) of the Aki 

 Kenyans, a down-river tribe who plant in July, is now given ; 

 the actual specimen is in the Sarawak Museum, and I am indebt- 

 ed to the curator, Mr. R. Shelf ord, for the drawing. * 



Explanation of the Figure. 



Stick (asu do) used by the Kenyahs to measure the shadow cast by 

 the Sundial (tukar do). 



The stick is 72 centimetres in length and 1.7 centimetres 

 broad ; one border is notched. The end marked by an asterisk 

 in the figure is held in the hand so that the stick lies along the 

 extended arm, the notches corresponding to certain regions of 

 the arm and hand. The relation of the length of the shadow 

 cast at noon-day by the tukar do to the spaces between the 

 notches determines the omen given by the daijong as described 

 in the paper. The letters A to H refer to the spaces between 

 the notches. 



A. Known as Kujut Kata, the knuckles ; this is a good time for 



planting, but there will be deaths in the house and the 

 people of the house will always be crying and rubbing 

 their eyes with their knuckles ; in pounding out the padi, 

 some padi will always remain mixed with the rice. 



B. Corresponds to the position of the string often worn round 



the wrist to tie in the soul of the wearer, a bead or some 



R. A. Soc.No. 42,1904. 



