Candelabrum, stand resembling
Cannibals
Canyon, trip through a
Caps, rattan
Carriers, the
Carvings, on house at Data Lingei;
in a Long-Glat's house;
on casket;
on kapatongs;
on flying prahu
Casket, a carved. See also Coffin
Cassava
Cat, wild;
tame kitten of;
short-tailed
Cattle, wild
Caves, containing Hindu antiquities;
near Kandangan;
cave of Kimanis
Celebes, climate of North;
Alfurs of Central
Cemetery, at Sembulo;
at Tevang Karangan
Centipedes, appearance of, an omen;
met by head-hunting party;
in caves of Kong Beng
Cereals, removal of husks of
Chairs
Chalk cliff
Characteristics of natives
Chavat (loin-cloth)
Chiefs, tall Penyahbong
Childbirth, restrictions preceding;
methods employed to prevent;
Bukat customs regarding;
Duhoi customs regarding;
Long-Glat customs;
Murung;
Oma-Suling;
Penihing;
Penyahbong;
Punan;
Saputan
Children, Malay at Samarinda;
flogging of;
few among Dayaks;
many among Malays;
a Kenyah child's funeral;
of the Kenyahs;
ornaments worn by;
provisions shared with;
Dutch, on steamer;
light colour of native;
born blind;
marriage of;
of the Penyahbongs;
of the Sapucans;
number of, in family;
at great triennial feast;
native games for;
protected from sun;
of the Long-Glats and Oma-Sulings;
bathing of infant;
Katingan;
restrictions preceding birth of;
naming of;
custom of changing name of;
at Kuala Kapuas;
still-born
Chinese, in Singapore;
number of, in Borneo;
early knowledge of Borneo had by;
important element in development of Borneo;
trade principally in hands of;
at Sampit
Chion-in, temple of
Cholera;
cure of
Chonggat, taxidermist
Christmas day in the jungle;
Christmas eve
Cicadas
Cigar-cases, made from rattan
Cigarettes
Classes, social, among native tribes
Cleanliness of natives
Clearing, a, in the jungle
Climate
Climbing trees, native methods of
Clocks, in Malay's house
Coal;
along Barito River
Coaling of steamers in Japanese harbours
Cobra, a king;
remedy for bite of
Cocks, annoyance caused by crowing of
Cocoanuts;
plantations of;
natives killed by falling
Coffin, making the;
duplicate made of carved;
Katingan name for;
for second funeral;
of the Long-Glats
Coins, used as ornaments
Collections, ethnographic, specimens added to
Colombo
Colour, skin;
light, in black and brown races;
hair
Communal houses
Cooking, in bamboo;
by the Penyahbongs
Coolies, employed as paddlers
Cows, at Long Iram;
sacrificed at funeral feast
Cradle, adorned with beads;
customs regarding the
Crocodile;
fight with a;
not eaten;
on Katingan River;
kapala's brother eaten by;
killing of;
folk-tale about
Crow
Culm, Stewart
Cure of disease by natives
Daily life, of the Penyahbongs;
of the Long-Glats
Damar, white
Dance, of the Murungs;
of the blians;
at the tiwah feast;
war-dance;
of blians at triennial feast;
of the people at triennial feast
Dancing, of the Murungs;
to attract good spirits;
with masks;
of the Duhoi;
of the Katingans;
at tiwah feast;
on completion of Penyahbong house;
at harvest festival
Dangei hut, the
Data Laong, village of;
meaning of name;
folk-lore from
Data Lingei, a one-night camp at
Dayaks, number of, in Borneo;
extinction of, by Malays inevitable;
safety enjoyed by;
derivation of the word;
name applied to all natives of Borneo except Malays and nomadic peoples;
little drunkenness among;
of Bulungan;
manners of;
few children of;
ultimately must die out;
food of;
social classes among;
the Kenyahs, the most capable of;
Hindu influence among;
physical superiority of;
and Malays;
characteristics of;
customs of
De Weert, steamship
Dead, the, natives' fear of;
guarded by kapatongs;
guarded by statue of lovers.
See also Funeral customs
Debtors, as slaves
Deer, the kidyang;
Bornean method of hunting;
along Busang River;
mouse;
fine specimen killed and eaten;
cry of, at noon, an omen;
folk-tales about;
magic fluid possessed by;
as food
Demmini, J., photographer;
illness of;
return of, to Batavia
Demum, a form of malaria
Designs, decorative
Diamond fields of Martapura
Disease, cure of, by natives;
caused by malicious anto;
tatu marks to prevent;
natives' fondness for white man's remedies for;
skin
Divorce among natives
Djangkang
Djelavat (Bornean fish)
