. The Pacific islanders, from savages to saints; chapters from the life stories of famous missionaries and native converts. A HOUSE OF DYAK HEAD-HUNTERS, A CHINESE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION IN BORNEO. HEAD-HUNTERS OF BORNEO 345 of the conquered and add it to his own soul, in-creasing thereby his courage and strength, and con-sequently his reputation as a hero, as long as thehead of the victim remained in his is therefore the custom of the people after battle,to wrap the conquered heads in a loose crate ofrattan and to smoke them over a fire of dampwood and leaves. Then they
. The Pacific islanders, from savages to saints; chapters from the life stories of famous missionaries and native converts. A HOUSE OF DYAK HEAD-HUNTERS, A CHINESE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION IN BORNEO. HEAD-HUNTERS OF BORNEO 345 of the conquered and add it to his own soul, in-creasing thereby his courage and strength, and con-sequently his reputation as a hero, as long as thehead of the victim remained in his is therefore the custom of the people after battle,to wrap the conquered heads in a loose crate ofrattan and to smoke them over a fire of dampwood and leaves. Then they hang the ghastlytrophies in the houses in bundles having anuncanny resemblance to gigantic grapes, eachhead forming a berry. It needs no further men-tion that these war-trophies are considered by theDyaks their most sacred possessions and areguarded with the utmost jealousy and loss would mean not only a considerabledecrease of personal prestige, but also the loss ofa part of the soul, , of courage and strength. In the field of religious knowledge there is a verygeneral belief in a good and powerful god calledKinaringan, the creator of
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