MUSEUM NOTES. 
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the bark of the lawang tree used for stomach-ache. 
(g) Clickin', the roots of the cheknr plant, a good 
wind medicine, has the essence of peppermint. 
Mr. Howell remarks that no two manangs agree on 
the subject of their medicines, which are all supposed to 
come direct from each manang’s particular saint (empong). 
Some Stone Implements found in Sarawak. 
The Stone Implements in the Sarawak Museum 
seem to fall naturally into two classes— 
(i) Neolithic, as determined by Sir Charles Lyell, 
who examined the first stone implement obtained from 
Borneo by the late Mr. A. H. Everett. 
(ii) Prehistoric, i.e., of a very much later date than 
the Neolithic, and probably made even in Historic times. 
The first type is very rough and has been shaped 
principally by chipping. Used either as adze-heads or 
scrapers probably. Those of the second type show a 
much more finished workmanship, being perfected ap¬ 
parently by rubbing. These are all adze-heads and when 
fitted to a wooden handle make a very good “ bliong ” 
similar to that now in use among the natives of Borneo, 
though the “bliong” of to-day has an iron head. 
It is natural to suppose that the first type in all its 
roughness was sufficient for the simple wants of its 
maker, and that the more finished articles of the second 
type were evolved through the more advanced and varied 
needs of their makers, who were a less primitive race. 
It should be remembered that although Europe has 
left the Stone Age some thousands of years behind, 
some of the natives of New Guinea even now depend on 
stone for their implements of warfare and domestic use. 
Therefore from a European standpoint, the age of these 
Bornean stone implements is not likely to be very great; 
those of the second type may possibly be found in 
use even now among some of the interior tribes, where 
metal is difficult to obtain. 
Several were found not long ago in native houses 
in the Baram district, but apparently their original use 
had been lost sight of and they were preserved more 
as charms, and in some cases treated with great 
respect. 
