Children of Borneo (Classic Reprint)

CHAPTER I THE ISLAND OF BORNEO-JUNGLES-THE DYAKSDY AK LIFE IN THE OLD DAYS A VA Y down in the Indian Ocean there is a long chain of islands that stretches from Burmah to Australia. One of these is New Guinea which is the largest island in the world (leaving out Australia), and Borneo comes next in size. I t is nearly four times as large as England. One quarter of it-the States of Sarawak and British North Borneo-is under British influence. The rest is ali claimed by the Dutch, excepting one small State, Brunei, between North Borneo and Sarawak, which is governed by a :1Ialay Sultan, who is a Ifahommedan. Sarawak is governed by an English Rajah, or King, Sir Charles Brooke, who succeeded his uncle, Sir James Brooke, in r868 ;-British North Borneo is owned by an English Trading Company, called the North Borneo Company, who appoint an Englishman as Governor to rule it for them. If you look at a map of Borneo you will see that the Equator divides the island into t

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; CHAP PAGE; I THE ISLAND OF BORNEO-JUNGLES-THE DYAKS; -DY AK LIFE IN THE OLD DAYS 9; II THE COMING OF THE VHITE RAJAH-THE; MISSIONARIES; III A DVAK VILLAGE HOUSE; IV DVAK BABIES AND CmLDREN; V MANNER OF LIFE-OCCUPATION; VI HEAD-HUNTING; VII BIRDS AND BEASTS IN BORNEO; VIII SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS •; IX Dy AK FEASTS; X THE VITCH DOCTOR; XI SOME ANIMAL STORIES •; XII OMENS AND DREAMS; XIII MARRIAGES AND BURIALS; XIV A DYAK LEGEND ; XV DYAK BELIEFS AND SUPERSTITIONS; XVI CONCLUSION •; 13; 18; 23; 28; 32; 37; 41; 45; 5I ILLUSTRATIONS; DYAK CHILDREN • Fro1ztispiece; A DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE 18; GIRLS VEAVING ; ON THE VARPATH; A DYAK GIRT~ IN GALA COSTUME 50; IN VEDDING FINERY 68; KILLING BIRDS WITH A BLOW-PIPE 74; A DYAK YOUTH 88

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