. The history of mankind . facilitating the taskof getting food from the water. Inthe Philippines there are houses ofwhich the bamboo poles and wicker-work are but little above the flood-level of the water. These housesare set close together, narrow passagealone running between the rowsand the village straggles far alongthe shore. When we find Dyaksand Battaks building in the samestyle on high ground, we may assumethat they formerly dwelt down bythe rivers, and thus merely retainedtheir accustomed fashion of there is an even nearer reasonin the security of the elevated posi-tion.
. The history of mankind . facilitating the taskof getting food from the water. Inthe Philippines there are houses ofwhich the bamboo poles and wicker-work are but little above the flood-level of the water. These housesare set close together, narrow passagealone running between the rowsand the village straggles far alongthe shore. When we find Dyaksand Battaks building in the samestyle on high ground, we may assumethat they formerly dwelt down bythe rivers, and thus merely retainedtheir accustomed fashion of there is an even nearer reasonin the security of the elevated posi-tion. When the tree-stem with thesteps cut in it has been hauled up,the building is like a castle withthe drawbridge raised ; and this, ina head - hunting country especially,must add materially to the safetyof the domestic hearth. For addi-tional security the approaches consistonly of felled tree-stems. Amongthe objections to pile-building ondry land are want of cleanliness anddefective stability. Defensible positions are every-. Spears and shields : (1 and 7) from Nias ; (2) from Men-tawei; (3, 4, 6) from West Borneo ; (5) from Gorontalo ;(8) from Borneo. (Munich Museum.) THE HISTORY OF MANKIND where selected with remarkable discrimination. Many of the kampongs orvillages of the Sumatran Battaks, of the Ilongotes, and others, are placed uponalmost inaccessible pinnacles. Favourite spots are the little plateaux formedby the broadening of a mountain ridge. But other defences are added. Inthe lower parts of the Battak country nearly all the kampongs were, in Jung-huhns time, surrounded with high palisades, behind which watch-towers rose.
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