. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. eared with lime to chew, foramong the Sea Dayaks this chewing takes theplace of the smoking of cigarettes which is commonto all the others; and they are then fed and enter-tained individually, or by twos and threes, in variousrooms. No pig is killed or rice-spirit offered, thoughpossibly a toasted bat or bit of salted wild pig willbe served as a relish. At great feasts the Sea Dayaks drink morefreely than the other peoples, except the and w
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. eared with lime to chew, foramong the Sea Dayaks this chewing takes theplace of the smoking of cigarettes which is commonto all the others; and they are then fed and enter-tained individually, or by twos and threes, in variousrooms. No pig is killed or rice-spirit offered, thoughpossibly a toasted bat or bit of salted wild pig willbe served as a relish. At great feasts the Sea Dayaks drink morefreely than the other peoples, except the and women alike drink deeply, and manybecome intoxicated. The men take pride in drink-ing the largest possible quantity; and when thestomach is filled, will vomit up large quantities, andthen at once drink more, the women pressing itupon them. The Dayaks and Muruts alone thussink in the matter of drink to the level of thosehighly cultured Europeans among whom a similarhabit obtains: while among all the other tribesstrong drink is seldom or never abused, but ratheris put only to its proper use, the promotion of goodfellowship and social < H UjX O< < wJ CHAPTER VIII LIFE ON THE RIVERS With the exception of the Punans and some of theMuruts who inhabit the few regions devoid ofnavigable streams, all the peoples of Borneo makegreat use of the rivers. The main rivers and theirprincipal branches are their great highways, andeven the smallest tributary streams are used forgaining access to their/a^^ fields. It is only whenhunting or gathering jungle produce that they leavethe rivers. Occasionally padi is cultivated at adistance of a mile or more from the nearest navi-gable stream, and a rough pathway is then madebetween the field and the nearest point of theriver. Here and there also jungle paths are madeconnecting points where neighbouring rivers ortheir navigable tributaries approach closely to oneanother. In the fiat country near the coast, wherewaterways are less abund
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