. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Plate 84. KAYAN HUNTING-PARTV CAMPING FOR THE NIGHT. S.^* LIFE IN THE JUNGLE 147 wandering through the jungle and finding theircourse obstructed by the fence, seek to passthrough the gaps. The gap is floored with asmall platform of light sticks, six to eight incheslong, laid across it parallel to one another in theline of the fence. The ends of these are supportedat one side of the gap, about two inches abovethe ground, by a cross-stick lying at right
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Plate 84. KAYAN HUNTING-PARTV CAMPING FOR THE NIGHT. S.^* LIFE IN THE JUNGLE 147 wandering through the jungle and finding theircourse obstructed by the fence, seek to passthrough the gaps. The gap is floored with asmall platform of light sticks, six to eight incheslong, laid across it parallel to one another in theline of the fence. The ends of these are supportedat one side of the gap, about two inches abovethe ground, by a cross-stick lying at right anglesto them. This stick in turn is supported aboutone inch above the ground in the following way :the two ends of a green stick are thrust firmly. Fig. 24.—The Jerat. into the ground forming an arch over the endof the platform, and the extremities of the cross-stick are in contact with the pillars of the arch,and kept a little above the ground by beingpulled against them by the spring trigger. Thisconsists of a short stick attached by a cord to astrong springy pole thrust vertically into theground. To set the trigger it is pulled down,bending the pole, and passed under the arch fromthe platform side outwards; the upper end of thetrigger is then kept by the pull of the cord againstthe curve of the arch, and its lower end is pulledagainst the middle of the cross-stick. The pressurebeing maintained by the tension of the cord, thisend of the platform is supported by the friction 148 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap. between the trigger and the cross-stick. The cordis prolonged beyond the trigger in a slip noosewhich lies open on the platform completely acrossthe gap, so that any small animal entering the gap,and stepping upon the platf
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