. Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. Botany; Zoology; Artocarpus; Bananas. x] NEW KINDS OF FRUIT ing of boiled rice and small pieces of boiled pork and fowl, with dried and salted fish. But the favourite condiment was a horrible paste made by mixing well-rotted minced pork and squashed durian pulp. I need not describe the appalHng exhalations of that paste, the greatest delicacy of the Land-Dyaks ! From noon till dusk the gongs and drums beat unceasingly, and eating went on. All who came were welcome guests, and invited to partake of t
. Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. Botany; Zoology; Artocarpus; Bananas. x] NEW KINDS OF FRUIT ing of boiled rice and small pieces of boiled pork and fowl, with dried and salted fish. But the favourite condiment was a horrible paste made by mixing well-rotted minced pork and squashed durian pulp. I need not describe the appalHng exhalations of that paste, the greatest delicacy of the Land-Dyaks ! From noon till dusk the gongs and drums beat unceasingly, and eating went on. All who came were welcome guests, and invited to partake of the food abun- dantly supplied. Wishing to utilise my time, I got tlie Dyaks to bring me samples of all the species of fruit which they cultivated around the Fig. 27.—LAND-DYAK GIRLS. Besides those I was already acquainted with, which are to be found near all the Land-Dyaks' villages, I found here that of the Elaterio- spermum Tapos, Bl., which they call bua ruppi. The tree which bears it is a handsome Euphorbia, and its fruit divides into three segments, each of which contains a big feculous seed about one and a half inches long. The ruppi is cultivated, but I was told it is to be met with in a wild state in the neighbouring forest; its seeds are edible only after having been for some time macerated in water. But the most remarkable fruits at Tappo Kakas were five species of 129 K. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beccari, Odoardo, 1843-1920; Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, 1845-1909. tr; Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill, 1852-1933. ed. London, A. Constable & co. , ltd
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