Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . SAPUTAN. ON HIS WAY TO THE LADANG (FIELDS) AND FOR THE HUNT OFBABI. DATA LAONG. ARRIVAL AT DATA LAONG 195 and three times he came to tell me that he still had tothink over it. Finally, after three hours deliberation,he accepted my proposition—provided I would pay fortwo days instead of one! In order to get action, andconsidering all the days they voluntarily had waited forus at the ridge, I acceded to this amendment and he wentaway happy. The men and the prahus came promptl
Through Central Borneo; an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917 . SAPUTAN. ON HIS WAY TO THE LADANG (FIELDS) AND FOR THE HUNT OFBABI. DATA LAONG. ARRIVAL AT DATA LAONG 195 and three times he came to tell me that he still had tothink over it. Finally, after three hours deliberation,he accepted my proposition—provided I would pay fortwo days instead of one! In order to get action, andconsidering all the days they voluntarily had waited forus at the ridge, I acceded to this amendment and he wentaway happy. The men and the prahus came promptly and we be-gan loading; I was glad at the prospect of getting awayfrom the low-lying country, where we had our campamong bamboo trees, with the chance of being floodedshould the river rise too high. As we were standing nearmy tent, getting ready to take it down, a plandok (mouse-deer, tragulus) came along—among the Saputans, andprobably most Dayaks, reputed to be the wisest and mostcunning of all animals, and in folklore playing the partof our fox. It was conspicuously pregnant and passedunconcernedly just back of the tent. As the flesh is afavourite food of both Dayaks and Malays they imm
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