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great and superabundant the treasures of the Rdja ontong 
may be, he is not permitted to dispose of them arbitrarily 
before bestowing on his supplicant his desired portion, lie is 
bound to await the approval of Hatalla, which is never 
granted unless the preliminary procedings are all done in due 
form, which of course is not always the case. It is lucky for 
the king of fortune that he need not personally appear before 
Hatalla on each request made to him, but may transact the 
affair in writing, since otherwise his legs would seldom be at 
rest- 
3—In the 3rd place stand the spirits “ Temp on- te lion, 
Sinqnmang, Bapapaloo , Tempon-kanarean , Menjamei, 
Baja h ant an g an, Sakanak, Bilan g*’ .These are the near¬ 
est to men and distribute over all their lots. Tempon-tellon 
(“ proprietor of Tellon,” a slave) is principally the protector 
of the dead; all souls are given into his care by the priests 
on the Tiwas (feast of the dead,) and he conducts* the same 
by his slave Tellon in an iron ship (“ henama'’) to the 
“lewu Harr (habitation of the souls,) called “ Lewu Kama- 
wahan bularr (“ the exterior golden frontier town*”) or 
likewise “ Batang daman Katambungan njaho" ( the river 
above the thunder.”) It might be inferred from this, that 
the construction of iron vessels seems to have been known to 
the Dyaks earlier than to the civilized Europeans. 
The vessel is of iron, as Paganja the priest here says, 
in order to prevent its being sometimes consumed by the 
flames when passing along the hell, and to bring in that way 
the passengers in safety to the place of their destination ^ ^ 
Sinqumang has great power and an extensive distnc*, to 
govern, and after Tempon-tellon he stands in higher ve¬ 
neration than all his colleagues. All the nine spirits are 
invoked each in their turn ; however, the two first aie le- 
garded with the greatest confidence. 
Another good spirit, equal in rank to the last enumerated, 
is “ Jarang bawan,” who has his habitation on the point oi 
an island, close to the sea, called “ fiujung pandaran 
This spirit is uncommonly strong “ pa ham abas/ and may 
be considered the Hercules of the Dyaks. His activity is in 
accordance to his bodily strength, for every painful and one¬ 
rous task is given to him to perform, and without his aid even 
Tempon-tellon and Singumang, the latter of wnom is also 
considered to be of great strength, would often be at a loss. 
4,—The “Antany” (Kolong, large bird of prey) we suould 
say was no spirit, for he is not proof against thrust or s so , 
not <( tago”, and he has real flesh and bones, of the latter sub- 
