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lum of his skin, the only part 1 covDtei]. wliile tbey 

 demanded the carcase for tlicir trouble. But I found 

 afterwards tliat tliey made a krge profit by rctailiiig the 

 flesli, a belief heing entertained by this people that the 

 eating of it is not only a soi^ereign remedy for all diseases, 

 but that it imparts to him Tcho eats it the sagacity 

 as well as the courage of the animal. friend of mine 

 belonging to the 21st regiment, M.N.L, who was slowly 

 recovering from an attack of fever, finding some diffieulty 

 In masticating the food before him, questionetl his servant 

 as to the (■aa^e, when he discovered that the fellow had 

 purchased a small piece of my tiger, which ho had 

 clandestinely introduced into his master's curric. When 

 my friend got well, young Zaddie fimily believed that 

 his remedy had cftccted the cure. 



On the Eajah's risicing some poor Dyaks in l^ovember, 

 1850 J located on the Quop branch of the Sarawak river, 

 so strongly impressed were they with the idea that 

 sagacity and inteUigeiice might be instilled into the human 

 frame through the channel of tho throat, that, at a feast 

 given to celebrate his visit, the elders of both, sexes, 

 taking fi'om a cauldron a liandful of rice, which some of 

 the party wore cooking in the centre of the apartment, 

 brought it to the " Tnaii Besar" (Great Sir), to spit 

 on, and the mixture thus made they swallowed with 

 peculiar g\isto, the younger branches applying to the 

 Eajah's European attendants for a similar rchsh to 

 their meal 



