. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. sour lessnutritious kinds. Wild sago is abundant in somelocalities. Various palms supply in their unfoldingleaves a cabbage-like edible. Among edible rootsthe caladium is the chief Rubber is obtained asthe sap of a wild creeper; gutta-percha from treesof several varieties; camphor from pockets in thestem of the camphor tree {Dryobalanops aromatica).But of all the jungle plants those which play themost important parts in the life of the people arethe m
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. sour lessnutritious kinds. Wild sago is abundant in somelocalities. Various palms supply in their unfoldingleaves a cabbage-like edible. Among edible rootsthe caladium is the chief Rubber is obtained asthe sap of a wild creeper; gutta-percha from treesof several varieties; camphor from pockets in thestem of the camphor tree {Dryobalanops aromatica).But of all the jungle plants those which play themost important parts in the life of the people arethe many species of the rattan and the bamboo ;without them more than half the crafts and mostof the more important material possessions of thenatives would be impossible, and their lives wouldperhaps nearly conform to the conventional notionof savage existence as something nasty, dull, andbrutish. The jungle of Borneo is, of course,famous for its wealth of orchids, and can claimthe distinction of producing the largest flower ofthe world {Rafflesia)^ and many beautiful varietiesof the pitcher plant. The forests of Borneo harbour more than 450. Plate 4. A LIMESTONE HILL AT PANGA IN UPPER SARA^^AK. GEOGRAPHY OF BORNEO 7 species of birds, many of them being of gorgeouscolouring or strange and beautiful forms ; especially-noteworthy are many hawks, owls, and eagles, fly-catchers, spider-hunters, sun-birds, broad-bills, night-jars, orioles, miners, pigeons, kingfishers, hornbills,trojans, magpies, jays, crows, partridges, pheasants,herons, bitterns, snipes, plovers, curlews, and sand-pipers. Amongst these are many species peculiarto Borneo ; while on the mountains above the4000-feet level are found several species whichoutside Borneo are known only in the Himalayas. Besides the mammals mentioned above, Borneoclaims several species of mammal peculiar to itself,notably the long-nosed monkey [Nasa/is larvatus) ;two species of ape [Semnopitkecus Hosei and ); many shrews and squirre
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