. Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. Botany; Zoology; Artocarpus; Bananas. IN BORNEAN FORESTS [chap. The Land-Dyaks are very superstitious, as are their fellow- countrymen the Sea-Dyaks, and fancy that they see spirits, or *' Anhi'^ as they call them, everywhere, floating in the air, and wandering in the forest, or on the summits of the mountains. x\ccording to Low the chief of these is " Tuppa " in the case of some tribes, " Jeroang " in others. " Jewata " is also known, but is. Fig. 17. LAND-DYAK, WEARIN
. Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. Botany; Zoology; Artocarpus; Bananas. IN BORNEAN FORESTS [chap. The Land-Dyaks are very superstitious, as are their fellow- countrymen the Sea-Dyaks, and fancy that they see spirits, or *' Anhi'^ as they call them, everywhere, floating in the air, and wandering in the forest, or on the summits of the mountains. x\ccording to Low the chief of these is " Tuppa " in the case of some tribes, " Jeroang " in others. " Jewata " is also known, but is. Fig. 17. LAND-DYAK, WEARING COLLAR OF BOAR'S TUSKS. probably not a native divinity, the name being evidently derived from the Indian " ; " Tuppa " and " Jeroang " are superior and kindly disposed divinities, who have belonging to them certain secondary spirits called " ; The bad genii they call " Jim " (evidently the " Jin " of the Arabs) ; these frequent the lower strata of the atmosphere, the other spirits keeping to the upper regions. The " Triu " and " Kamang " are mountain and forest spirits ; the first good, the latter maleficent, and both of bellicose tendencies. The Land-Dyaks, like other primitive peoples, have a super- stitious awe of mountain tops, whither they can with difficulty be 62. 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 Beccari, Odoardo, 1843-1920; Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, 1845-1909. tr; Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill, 1852-1933. ed. London, A. Constable & co. , ltd
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