Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo
A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles
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INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR’S NOTE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO
CHAPTER I SARAWAK—SIR JAMES BROOKE
CHAPTER II THE DYAKS
CHAPTER III MANNER OF LIFE
CHAPTER IV THE DYAK CHARACTER
CHAPTER V HEAD-HUNTING
CHAPTER VI SOCIAL LIFE
CHAPTER VII CHILD-BIRTH AND CHILDREN
CHAPTER VIII MY SCHOOL IN THE JUNGLE
CHAPTER IX MARRIAGE
CHAPTER X BURIAL RITES
CHAPTER XI TRAVELLING IN SARAWAK
CHAPTER XII OMENS AND DREAMS
CHAPTER XIII THE “MANANG,” OR WITCH-DOCTOR
CHAPTER XIV NATIVE REMEDIES AND DYAK CHARMS
CHAPTER XV DYAK RELIGION
CHAPTER XVI DYAK FEASTS
CHAPTER XVII SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS
CHAPTER XVIII SONG AND MUSIC
CHAPTER XIX THE DYAK ABROAD
CHAPTER XX SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER XXI DYAK FOLKLORE
The Story of the Mouse-Deer and other Animals who went out Fishing.
The Story of the Mouse-Deer, the Deer and the Pig.
Sea Dyak Proverbs.
CHAPTER XXII THREE DYAK LEGENDS
I. Danjai and the Were-Tiger’s Sister.
II. The Story of Siu, who first Taught the Dyaks to Plant Paddy and to Observe the Omens of Birds.
III. Pulang-Gana, and how He came to be Worshipped as the God of the Earth.
CHAPTER XXIII SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS
CHAPTER XXIV THE FUTURE OF THE SEA DYAK IN SARAWAK
FOOTNOTES
GLOSSARY OF DYAK WORDS AND PHRASES WHICH OCCUR IN THE FOREGOING PAGES
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INDEX
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