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Children of Borneo By: Edwin Herbert Gomes (1862-) |
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Uniform with this Volume CHILDREN OF INDIA By JANET HARVEY KELMAN CHILDREN OF CHINA By C. CAMPBELL BROWN CHILDREN OF AFRICA By JAMES B. BAIRD CHILDREN OF ARABIA By JOHN CAMERON YOUNG CHILDREN OF JAMAICA By ISABEL C. MACLEAN CHILDREN OF JAPAN By JANET HARVEY KELMAN CHILDREN OF EGYPT By L. CROWTHER CHILDREN OF CEYLON By THOMAS MOSCROP CHILDREN OF PERSIA By MRS NAPIER MALCOLM [Illustration: DYAK CHILDREN] CHILDREN OF BORNEO BY EDWIN H. GOMES, M.A. AUTHOR OF "SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO" [Illustration] WITH EIGHT COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON OLIPHANT, ANDERSON & FERRIER I gratefully acknowledge the permission readily granted by Messrs Seeley & Co. Ltd., to make use of much matter that has already been published in my book, "Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo," and I would recommend that book to those who wish for more information about Borneo and its inhabitants. EDWIN H. GOMES. TURNBULL AND SPEARS, PRINTERS. EDINBURGH To LITTLE PAUL CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. The Island of Borneo Jungles The Dyaks Dyak Life in the Old Day 9 II. The Coming of the White Rajah The Missionaries 13 III. A Dyak Village House 18 IV. Dyak Babies and Children 23 V. Manner of Life Occupation 28 VI. Head Hunting 32 VII. Birds and Beasts in Borneo 37 VIII. Some Curious Customs 41 IX. Dyak Feasts 45 X. The Witch Doctor 51 XI. Some Animal Stories 56 XII. Omens and Dreams 63 XIII. Marriages and Burials 68 XIV. A Dyak Legend 73 XV. Dyak Beliefs and Superstitions 87 XVI. Conclusion 90 ILLUSTRATIONS DYAK CHILDREN Frontispiece PAGE A DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE 18 GIRLS WEAVING 30 ON THE WARPATH 36 A DYAK GIRL IN GALA COSTUME 50 IN WEDDING FINERY 68 KILLING BIRDS WITH A BLOW PIPE 74 A DYAK YOUTH 88 CHILDREN OF BORNEO CHAPTER I THE ISLAND OF BORNEO JUNGLES THE DYAKS DYAK LIFE IN THE OLD DAYS Away 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. It 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 all claimed by the Dutch, excepting one small State, Brunei, between North Borneo and Sarawak, which is governed by a Malay Sultan, who is a Mahommedan. Sarawak is governed by an English Rajah, or King, Sir Charles Brooke, who succeeded his uncle, Sir James Brooke, in 1868; 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 two parts, so that Borneo is right in the middle of the Torrid Zone. The climate is therefore tropical, that is to say there is no spring, autumn or winter, but only summer, and it is always much hotter in Borneo than it is in the hottest summer in England... Continue reading book >>
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