. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Plate 6o. KENYAHS MEASURING THE LENGTH OF THE SHADOWOF THE ASO DO AT NOON TO DETERMINE THE TIME FOR SOWINGPAD/. VI AGRICULTURE 109 The sunbeam which enters this hole is called klepiUtoll ( = the blow-pipe of the spirit). Some of the Klemantans practise a third methodto determine when the time for sowing is at hand,using a bamboo some feet in length which bears amark at a level which is empirically bamboo is filled with water while in th
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Plate 6o. KENYAHS MEASURING THE LENGTH OF THE SHADOWOF THE ASO DO AT NOON TO DETERMINE THE TIME FOR SOWINGPAD/. VI AGRICULTURE 109 The sunbeam which enters this hole is called klepiUtoll ( = the blow-pipe of the spirit). Some of the Klemantans practise a third methodto determine when the time for sowing is at hand,using a bamboo some feet in length which bears amark at a level which is empirically bamboo is filled with water while in the verticalposition. It is then tilted till it points towards acertain star, when of course some water it has been restored to the vertical, the levelof the surface of the remaining water coincidence of this level with the markmentioned above indicates that the time for sowingis come. The Sea Dayaks are guided by the observationof the position of the Pleiades. The appropriate season having been determined,it is necessary to secure good omens before thepreparation of the land can be begun. A pig anda fowl having be
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