Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . hing untoward happens at such operations,but in this case an evil antoh had taken possession ofthe kapala and was eating blood from the wound. Theprincipal blian was hastily sent for, and arriving promptly,proceeded to relieve the suffering kapala. He clapped hishands over the ear, and, withdrawing, opened them twicein quick succession, then, after a similar third effort, afair-sized stone (less than a centimetre in diameter) wasproduced and thrown into the river. Slight ra
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . hing untoward happens at such operations,but in this case an evil antoh had taken possession ofthe kapala and was eating blood from the wound. Theprincipal blian was hastily sent for, and arriving promptly,proceeded to relieve the suffering kapala. He clapped hishands over the ear, and, withdrawing, opened them twicein quick succession, then, after a similar third effort, afair-sized stone (less than a centimetre in diameter) wasproduced and thrown into the river. Slight rain beganto fall, and the scene was brought to a dramatic conclu-sion by the exhausted chief being ignominiously carriedaway on the back of a strong young man. At the houseanother stone was produced by the same sleight-of-hand,but more strenuous measures had to be adopted in orderto remedy the uncanny incident. A pig was brought uj) into the room, where blood fromits throat was collected. Part of it was smeared on thekapala, and part was mixed with uncooked rice as asacrifice to some good antoh, who is called upon to. gl
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