. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. it and to expose his head indoing so. If one succeeds in catching his enemysparang in his shield, he throws down the shield anddashes upon his now weaponless foe, who takes tohis heels, throwing away his shield and relyingmerely on his swiftness of foot. When one of apair of combatants is struck down, the other springsupon him and, seizing the long hair of the scalpand yelling in triumph, severs the neck with one ortwo blows of the parang. The warrior
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. it and to expose his head indoing so. If one succeeds in catching his enemysparang in his shield, he throws down the shield anddashes upon his now weaponless foe, who takes tohis heels, throwing away his shield and relyingmerely on his swiftness of foot. When one of apair of combatants is struck down, the other springsupon him and, seizing the long hair of the scalpand yelling in triumph, severs the neck with one ortwo blows of the parang. The warrior who hasdrawn first blood of the slain foe claims the creditof having taken his head. Such a free fight seldomlasts more than a few minutes. Unless one partyquite overwhelms the other in the first few minutes,both draw off, and the fight is seldom renewed. Since the establishment of the European govern-ments in Borneo, punitive expeditions have beennecessary from time to time in order to put a stopto wanton raiding and killing. In this respectthe Ibans and some of the Klemantans have beenthe chief offenders ; while the Kayans and Kenyahs. R^ ?^r -til X WAR 183 have seldom given trouble, after once placingthemselves under the established governments. Inthe Baram river, in which the Kayans form prob-ably a larger proportion of the population than inany other, no such expedition against them hasbeen necessary since they accepted the governmentof the Rajah of Sarawak nearly twenty-fiveyears ago. In organising such an expedition, the Europeangovernments, especially that of Sarawak, haveusually relied in the main on the services of loyalchiefs and their followers, acting under the controlof a European magistrate, and supported usually bya small body of native police or soldiers armed withrifles. There is usually no difficulty in securingthe co-operation of any desired number of nativeallies or volunteers ; for in this way alone can thepeople now find a legitimate outlet for thei
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