. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. KELTIE FALLS, MOUNT DULIT. Plate 6. KENYAHS STOPPING TO CAMP FOR THE NIGHTON THE BARAM RIVER. HISTORY OF BORNEO ii wrap a piece of cotton round their loins; cottonis a plant of which they collect the flowers to makecloth of them; the coarser kind is called kupa^and the finer cloth Heh. They hold their marketsat night, and cover their faces. ... At the eastof this country is situated the land of the Rakshas,which has the same customs as Poli.
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. KELTIE FALLS, MOUNT DULIT. Plate 6. KENYAHS STOPPING TO CAMP FOR THE NIGHTON THE BARAM RIVER. HISTORY OF BORNEO ii wrap a piece of cotton round their loins; cottonis a plant of which they collect the flowers to makecloth of them; the coarser kind is called kupa^and the finer cloth Heh. They hold their marketsat night, and cover their faces. ... At the eastof this country is situated the land of the Rakshas,which has the same customs as Poli. ^ This is an interesting account in many ways,and tallies very closely with what other evidencewould lead one to suspect. For there is reasonto think that Bruni, before it became Mohammedan,was a Bisaya kingdom under Buddhist sovereignsand Hindu influence ; and nearly all the particularsgiven with regard to the people of Borneo aretrue of one or other of the races allied to Bisayasand living near Bruni to-day. The discus-knife,a wooden weapon, is not now in use, but is knownto have been used formerly. The wild Kadayanssacrifice after every new moon, and are forbidden toeat
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