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MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES &€. 
them before viz., polion, (very commonly printed Bolion in the west, 
in connection with the “ poisonous tree” fable), orang, tumpang , 
kajcing, papan, Win, kain £fc.,jalau (the noun) stands with precise¬ 
ly the same difference as bnlan viz. jaratn, and its plaee as a verb is 
filled by “ mar an” tangam , tangga become ( * tangapm ”, “ tanga ”, 
the Dyak omitting second “ g rendam, “ reuncupm” ; patang, 
« patakn ” or “ pentenkn” (some word for stomach): datang, “ en- 
tenkn ”, “ atakn. As to a more general vocabulary, should I see the 
former list,* I may offer you an addition *, sooner, I could not safely. 
In speaking of their habits I have no recollection of alluding to the 
fact that we hear little of gross profanity : an .asseveration of his own 
veracity has been heard in the form “ may I die under curse, &c. ” 
but, probably from the fear that such language or that of obscenity 
would injure their name in reference to a selection of men for em¬ 
ployment, neither is at all prominent directly near us, i. e. when 
the speaker knows lie -must be heard. As a deer is the largest ani¬ 
mal that almost any of them have seen (with the exception that a 
horse passed, possibly is still passing, bis last days at Landak), the 
names of the elephant and buffalo are in constant use as exclama¬ 
tions of surprise or banter : the former, with emphasis severely laid 
upon the second syllable, is tlie favourite, though it is common to 
connect the two in as rapid pronunciation as possible, the buffalo 
taking precedence when a finish of great power is desirable. As to 
food, the snake, the monkey and the dog are prized, though there 
are those who have learned a shame on the subject, from their fel¬ 
lows of the other race ; and a basket of ladang rats I haye seen 
counted out in triumph, to the number of nearly 60. Nothing is 
to be named in comparison with the wild hog, distinctively call kais ; 
the domestic, we. In reference to the most active and successful 
Dyak at the nearest village, the following is related. To him the 
eating of canine fiesh wastin' (pantang of the Malay), and he has 
sought release from the oppressive restriction in the mode following, 
and with the chances certainly about equal. Time after time, have 
two bundles, the one .containing charcoal, the other a portion of the 
coveted meat, been placed upon the surface of a riee-pan, dalcu, and 
ceremoniously turned about for a given time by a friend desirous to 
see him free. During the operation he of the kinging lips is seated, 
gazing submissively downward, while the twirling goes on above his 
* This list has been mislaid, but wc hope to be able to give it in our 
jiext number.—K d. 
