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mut chain, and the men of the ludang of Kampong Polion Durian on 
the Pines, a few days before my arrival there, had killed fifteen. 
They are attacked with dogs and spears. Of the two varieties of 
dog which the Binua possess the larger is the proper hunter of the 
hog, although the smaller is also joined in the chase. The spear 
head, which is of native fabrication, is broad and very thin towards 
the edges* It is mounted on a shaft about eight feet long, and forms 
a light and serviceable weapon, without which the Binua never ven¬ 
tures into the forest or goes upon a journey, and in the efficiency of 
which, for defensive and offensive needs, he has much confidence. 
When he enters a house the spear is stuck, with the head upwards, 
into the ground in front of the door way. 
Next to the liog, deer are most sought. The kijang aud rusa are 
chased by the large dog, and the diminutive palandok or moose 
deer by the small variety, which is in general reserved for this pur¬ 
pose. It has some resemblance to a Bengal fox and appears to be 
allied to the Chinese breed. The most common mode of hunting 
the palandok is to send the dog into the jungle on the side of a 
stream, the Binua slowly floating down the current or pulling a- 
gainsfc it in Ills canoe, and cheering and guiding the dog by his deep, 
long drawn, monotonous cries of oh! oh! oh! The dog on running 
<lown a paiandoh is said to break its legs, and by its barking to di¬ 
rect the hunter to the spot. The only domestic animals besides 
the dogs, of which several are found in every cottage, are fowls of a 
large breed, and the common Malay cat. 
The unkaf kra and probably other species of monkeys are used as 
food, but I believe not frequently, and although the Malays assert 
that snakes are eaten I could find no corroboration of the statement 
while amongst the Binuas. Snakes (as well as all the wild animals 
above mentioned) are used as food by the Bermun tribes. They are 
discovered by the dogs. Those principally sought are the ular sawa 
u. tidong, u. ipong, u. naga, u. gassing, u. sawa rindam, u. ripiing 
ii. ulabat, u. ringkup, u. siu, u. manao, andu. kamong, The sawa 
and ripung are the best flavoured. They have all a fishy tasta^ Several 
kinds of snakes, although the teeth are carefully removed like those 
of the preceeding species, cannot be used, the aborigines asserting 
that their flesh is poisonous. 
A formidable and effective snare is used by the Joliore Binua as by 
the Bermun tribes, lor capturing or killing the deer and hog, and the 
tiger is said not unfrequently to be destroyed by it. It consists of a 
slight and rude fence carried to a considerable length across the 
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