112 THE MYTHOLOGY OP THE DYAKS. 
All went on well, and nothing happened during the whole 
day. But some days later two or three persons in the house 
of Pati, situated near the pahewan, fell sick and died in a 
short time. In the night the Nyaring appeared before Pati 
with grisly features, and raised his right hand against him; 
“Well,” said Pati, “what do you want from me, why are 
“ you thus enraged, and why have you killed the people in 
“my house ?” “Because/’ said the ghost, “thou hast 
cut down the tree of my habitation.” “ It was not I/’ said 
Pati, “ it was done by the Tuan Resident, and the Tuan 
Palita (teacher/’) “The Resident is no more here,” an¬ 
swered the ghost, “ and the Tuan Falita I dare not approach, 
neither can I find out his house, therefore must you, the 
chief, answer for it.” 
The next morning consequently the usual solemnity took 
place. A lila was fired, the Blians were called, the knife 
was applied to the throat of a large pig, enormous pots 
with “tuak” (liquor) were paraded on a large mat pla¬ 
ced in the centre of the house, and neither trouble 
nor expense was spared to appease the anger of the 
Nyaring and avert further mischief. Some time after this 
event several Dyaks went up to the Mengkatib river, to cut 
wood. One of them happened to get bruised by a falling 
tree, and died within a few days—under excruciating pain. 
By this, the spot where the accident had happened, became 
known as “ pahewan haliei” (an extremely haunted place.) 
But how was the deceased to be vindicated ? His friend 
who had accompanied him on the cutting of the wood 
followed the example of Pati. He killed a pig, dressed it, 
and brought a considerable portion to the place of terror, 
thus conciliating for the deceased the offended wood spirit, 
and consecrating (menjaki) himself for the part he had 
taken in felling the trees. 
c. of the earth. 
The collective name of the Spirits of the earth is “Klod 
These, if banded together, would form a formidable army, 
hut being spread over the whole earth, and sometimes seated 
deep in the ground, no such gathering is conceivable. One 
might be tempted to give the “ Kloa” a place amongst the 
Amazons, were their long breast placed on the.left side and 
not in the midst of the bust. They are not less heroic and 
warlike than their ancestral relations, but their swords and 
bows are chiefly turned against the female sex. As we 
have seen above, the object of the Kamiak is to prevent the 
extension of the human race by locking up the young in- 
