. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. 1 m ] w Plate i6. A SEA DAYAK OR Plate 17. PROFILE OF SEA DAYAK OF PLATE 16. CHAP. Ill THE PEOPLES OF BORNEO 29 gold which they found in the river gravel andalluvium. These also have intermarried with thepeople of the country ; but they have retained theirnational characteristics, and have been continuallyrecruited by considerable numbers of their fellow-countrymen. Since the establishment of peace andorder and security for life and property by
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. 1 m ] w Plate i6. A SEA DAYAK OR Plate 17. PROFILE OF SEA DAYAK OF PLATE 16. CHAP. Ill THE PEOPLES OF BORNEO 29 gold which they found in the river gravel andalluvium. These also have intermarried with thepeople of the country ; but they have retained theirnational characteristics, and have been continuallyrecruited by considerable numbers of their fellow-countrymen. Since the establishment of peace andorder and security for life and property by theEuropean administrations, and with the consequentdevelopment of trade during the last half-century,the influx of Chinese has been very rapid ; untilat the present time they form large communitiesin and about all the chief centres of trade. Acertain number of Chinese traders continue topenetrate far into the interior, and some of thesetake wives of the people of the country; in manycases their children become members of theirmothers tribes and so are blended with the nativestocks. Among the Mohammedans, who are found in allthe coast regions of Borneo, there is a considerable
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