. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. s, the finding of camphor, the observation anddetermination of the seasons. All such specialoccupations are sources of profit, though only thelast of these enables a man to dispense with thecultivation oi padi. The lower class is made up of slaves captured inwar and of their descendants, and for this reason itsmembers are of very varied physical type. Anunmarried slave of either sex lives with, and istreated almost as a member of, the family of hisor
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. s, the finding of camphor, the observation anddetermination of the seasons. All such specialoccupations are sources of profit, though only thelast of these enables a man to dispense with thecultivation oi padi. The lower class is made up of slaves captured inwar and of their descendants, and for this reason itsmembers are of very varied physical type. Anunmarried slave of either sex lives with, and istreated almost as a member of, the family of hisor her master, eating and in some cases sleepingin the family room. Slaves are allowed to marry,their children becoming the property of theirmasters. Some slave - families are allowed toacquire a room in the house, and they then beginto acquire a less dependent position ; and thoughthey still retain the status of slaves, and are spokenof as **slaves-outside-the-room, the master generallyfinds it impossible to command their services beyonda very limited extent, and in some cases will volun-tarily resign his rights over the family. But in this. THE SOCIAL SYSTEM 71 case the family continues to belong to the lowerclass. The members of each of these classes marryin nearly all cases within their own class. Themarriages of the young people of the upper classare carefully regulated. Although they are allowedto choose their partners according to the inscrutabledictates of personal affinities, their choice is limitedby their elders and the authority of the chief. Manyof them marry members of neighbouring villages,while the other classes marry within their ownvillage. A youth of the upper class, becoming fond ofsome girl of the middle class, and not being allowedto marry her (although this is occasionally per-mitted), will live with her for a year or two. Then,when the time for his marriage arrives (it havingperhaps been postponed for some years after beingarranged, owing to evil omens, or
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