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BYARS OF BANJARMASSING. 
become in their belief, the slaves, in the other world, of the de¬ 
ceased friend to whose memory they are offered. 
Respecting the mode of life of the Dyaks I shall here merely 
say that they maintain themselves by rice cultivation, trade, and, 
in the interior, principally by the collection of gold dust, in which 
the ground, in many places is very rich. 
The Dyaks do not possess towns, but mostly dwell in small 
kampongs of about 4 to fO houses. It is only in the interior, 
from dread of the barbarous Dyak Pari, the rapid aloat nya - 
wong and the other enemies: of whom I shall jhereafter give an 
account and who on their forays usually destroy or carry away 
all: that they have them in greater number on certain points, which 
they surround with large fences and bring into a certain degree 
of defence, and therefore name kotta. In such a kotta 1000 to 
.1500 men often dwell. The whole population of Pulopelak con¬ 
sists of about 10,000 souls and is distributed in nearly 40 kam¬ 
pongs, over an extent of ground of some hour’s pulling in a fast 
boat. 
