. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. 318 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS side, a platter whereon a morsel of food is offered every time they eat in its presence. Every time they drink they dip their iinger and thumb in the fluid, and flick a drop or two upward with a few muttered words of invocation. Along the four sides spaces for sleeping on are raised some nine to twelve inches above the level of the rahanralan or floor of the house. The inmates sleep on small, neatly made bamboo mats, and rest their head
. A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883. Natural history. 318 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS side, a platter whereon a morsel of food is offered every time they eat in its presence. Every time they drink they dip their iinger and thumb in the fluid, and flick a drop or two upward with a few muttered words of invocation. Along the four sides spaces for sleeping on are raised some nine to twelve inches above the level of the rahanralan or floor of the house. The inmates sleep on small, neatly made bamboo mats, and rest their heads on a piece of squared bamboo with rounded edges, exactly similar to the Chinese pillow. In one •,^^. HOUSE IN TIMOK-LAUT. gable is the foean or fire-place, and opposite to it on a trellis- work platform is placed the cranium of the father of the Head of the house. Indian corn and other comestibles and various articles are stored on little platforms stretching between the rafters, and their scanty clothing and other articles are sus- pended from the roof by wooden contrivances often elaborately designed and elegantly carved (see pp. 320, 324). After seeing how elaborately covered almost everything they used was with carvings, executed with undoubted taste and surprising skill,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Forbes, Henry O. (Henry Ogg), 1851-1932. New York, Harper
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