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THE BINUA OF JOIIORE* 
gantongs of paddy besides two men to manage it, is valued at 10 to 
12 dollars. A canoe of 8 or 9 feet in length is valued at 7 or 8 
dollars. The sumpitan is known and is said to be used in some 
places, but I did not see one during my journey. The bow and ar¬ 
row are also known but not used. The Malays have not supplied 
them with articles so costly and dangerous as lire arms. All the 
Bermun tribes use the sumpitan and poisoned darts. Their sum¬ 
pitan is a-light and neat instrument and differs from that of the 
Dyak which is a piece of wood bored. That of the Bermun tribes 
ftinuangJ consists of two bambus seven feet in length one enclosed 
within the other. The external one, which is merely for strength 
and ornament, is about three fourths of an inch in diameter, and 
neatly carved for about a foot at each end and in the huddle. To 
prevent it splitting the fibrous bark of the triap is bound round about 
6 inches of the extremity and a coating of dammar placed over it. 
The internal tube,which is the proper sumpitan, is of the same length 
with the case but only three fifths of an inch in diameter. It is com¬ 
posed of twopieces of bambu, united by a piece, 8 inches long, which 
embraces the ends tightly at the junction. The bambu used (the bulu 
tinuang) is very Ij'ght and fine grained. 
The arrows (damdk) are small darts made of the stem of the bir- 
tam leaf, 10 inches in length, and one sixteenth of an inch in diame¬ 
ter at the base, from which they gradually taper to a very fine and 
sharp point. The base is inserted into a cone of kdyu tutu (which 
is very porous and light) about an inch in length and one third of an 
inch in diameter at its base. The point of the dart is dipped for about 
five-sixths of an inch in fpoh. This is made by taking akar fpoh, ba¬ 
ting {poll (or ky&s), limes, and tuba, which are bruised, boiled and 
strained. To this arsenic is added. Other substances, such as pachet, 
jimardes, mallye, and gddong, are also sometimes added. The pepa- 
ration, called ipoh, has the colour and consistency of chandu. An 
incision is made round the dart above the fpoh so as to ensure its 
breaking off and remaining in the wound. 
Each dart is kept ready for use in a case of bambu about one fourth 
of an inch in diameter. Fifty of these cases are laid side by side and 
united by strings. They are then rolled up and inserted into a case 
also made of bambu, and which has a nea tjid of jalutong. The same 
case contains a quantity of bar ok (a very light, spungy substance, al¬ 
so used as tinder) extracted fr^m a tree called runut. After insert¬ 
ing the dart into the sumpitan a little barok is introduced. When 
the Binua blows into the tube, it is pressed against the base of tins 
