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ETHM,LOGICAL KOfiES. 
probably a remnant of their former customs, when they 
irrigated their farms like the Kalabits do, and there¬ 
fore took no account of the seasons. Their omens for 
farming are the ukang 1 , keheng 2 ; pa jan s , and nip a liar*, 
When they start sowing the paddy they have a ‘lemalli’ 
or ‘tabu’ for about ten days to allow each man to have 
sown his farm for at least one a day. During this time 
no strangers are allowed up into the house. When they 
commence harvesting another ‘lemalli’ of seven days 
takes place. For the first three days of this no one stirs 
out of the house, no work is done and no sexual inter¬ 
course is allowed. An old woman well versed in the 
details of the custom is chosen, and she taking some 
paddy of the preceding year and mixing it with a little 
of the new seed, husks it and then eats it. After the 
third day everybody starts cutting the paddy, while 
food and drink offerings are made to the gods, Lai eng 
Linaai, Bali Parei (the spirit of the paddy) and Asong 
Wan, Bali Oman (the spirit of the year). These customs 
are closely allied with those of the Kalabits. 
Their nomenclature is distinctly Kenyah, but as 
stated before, their language contains a large propor¬ 
tion of Kayan words, some Kalabit and some words 
entirely distinct, such as parei, rice, mendah, many, and 
pelulup, to speak. 
R. S. Douglas. 
December 15th 1910. 
1. —•Ukang — the Dayak Katupong , the Little yellow-fronted Wood-pecker 
(Sasia abnormis, Temm.). 
2. —Keheng is a small king-fisher. 
‘S.—Pyan — the Dayak pangkas, the Plum-coloured Wood-pecker {Pgrrho- 
picH.Hporphyromelas, Boie). 
4 .—Nip a liar ~ the Dayak Icenawang, a cobra (Bun garus flaviceps, Reinh). 
Tribal names on the Limbang River. 
Some recent inquiries have elicited the following 
information on the origin and meaning of certain 
tribal names of this district, i. e., as interpreted by the 
natives. 
Kadayan is supposed to be derived from the Brunei- 
Malav words kena gadai meaning to suffer slavery, or 
