Sarawak TO Menrr. 181 
De C told me to-day that a young male mas, shot by him on 
the Padas river, in the North of Borneo, measured eight feet ten 
inches across the span, height four feet seven inches, and across 
the face thirteen inches. * 
15th May.—The Sea-Dayak complaint was gone into to-day 
by R Tt resolved itself into a request on the part of these 
“spoiled children of nature” that they might obtain a head. 
It seems that one of their relatives had died, and, therefore, they 
wanted a head. Some one had told them that a head belonging to 
one of the Lanun pirates killed off Bintulu was available there, and 
they wanted permission from the Resident to go and find it. ~R-——— 
talked them over and sent them all home again. Had he granted 
the permission they asked, the whole story might have been a 
myth, and instead of proceeding to Bintulu to look for an old 
smoke-dried skull, they might very quietly have picked up a fresh 
head without the owner’s knowledge or consent—-a httle game 
these people are fond of playing among themselves. 
16th May.—Made arrangements to leave for Oya to-day. R 
tells me that there are some nine Milano kampongs up the Muka 
river, and three up the Tilian, all working sago. Their united popu- 
lations may amount to about 5,000 or 6,000, while at Oya there 
may be nine or ten kampongs with a population of 5,000 or 6,000. 
At the head-waters of the Muka and Oya rivers some Sea-Dayaks 
have settled. On the Oya river are three Chiefs with a following 
of perhaps 100 fighting men; on the Muka there are four Chiefs 
with perhaps the same following. These Dayaks have come in from 
the Rejang and Kanowit rivers, there being a great teudency on 
the part of the people of these rivers to settle in Muka and Oya. 
R —-, in answer to some questions of mine, such as, whether 
women are allowed by the Milanos to take part in religious cere- 
monies, whether they sell their children, and whether there is any 
record of cannibalism having been practised in this part of the 
country or not within the memory of the present generation, very 
kindly gave me the following information :— 
“The Milanos have no established religion of their own, 
* though there is no doubt that they acknowledge and believe in 
* [This is the largest ever heard of if the figures are correct.—ED. ] 
