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Edwin Herbert Gomes. Children of Borneo
Children of Borneo
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHILDREN OF BORNEO
CHAPTER I. THE ISLAND OF BORNEO—JUNGLES—THE DYAKS—DYAK LIFE IN THE OLD DAYS
CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF THE WHITE RAJAH—THE MISSIONARIES
CHAPTER III. A DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE
CHAPTER IV. DYAK BABIES AND CHILDREN
CHAPTER V. MANNER OF LIFE—OCCUPATION
CHAPTER VI. HEAD-HUNTING
CHAPTER VII. BIRDS AND BEASTS IN BORNEO
CHAPTER VIII. SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS
CHAPTER IX. DYAK FEASTS
CHAPTER X. THE WITCH DOCTOR
CHAPTER XI. SOME ANIMAL STORIES
The Story of the Mouse-deer and other Animals who went out Fishing
The Story of the Mouse-deer, the Deer, and the Pig
CHAPTER XII. OMENS AND DREAMS
Dreams
CHAPTER XIII. MARRIAGES AND BURIALS
Burials
CHAPTER XIV. A DYAK LEGEND
The Story of Siu
CHAPTER XV. DYAK BELIEFS AND SUPERSTITIONS
CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION
SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO
SOME NOTABLE BOOKS. ON FOREIGN MISSIONS. FROM THE CATALOGUE OF. OLIPHANT, ANDERSON & FERRIER
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Edwin Herbert Gomes
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Round three sides of the room—the fourth side being occupied by the fireplace—are ranged the treasured valuables of the Dyaks—old earthen jars, some of which are of great value, and brass gongs and guns. Their cups and plates are hung up in rows flat against the wall. The flooring of this room is the same as that of the public hall outside, and made of split palm or bamboo tied down with cane. The floor is swept after a fashion, the refuse falling through the flooring to the ground underneath. The room is stuffy and not such a pleasant place as the open hall outside. The pigs and poultry occupy the waste space under the house.
Each family has its own portion of the long public hall outside, and the length of this corresponds to the breadth of the room occupied by the family, and in each of these portions there is a small fireplace which consists of a slab of stone, at which the men warm themselves when they get up, as they usually do, in the chill of the early morning before the sun has risen.
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