Siangs, the;
tatuing of
Singapore;
climate of
Singing, of Kayan women;
of head-hunters;
to cure disease;
folk-tales;
of Penyahbong chief;
of the Penyahbong men;
of blian at funeral ceremonies;
of Katingan women
Sins, kinds of, among Katingans
Skin, colour of natives';
diseases;
formations on thighs
Skins, animal, drying of;
spoiled by weather conditions
Skulls, natives unwilling to sell;
used as drinking-vessels
Slave, formerly sacrificed to attract antoh;
buried alive under houses;
stones thought to be;
debtors as;
killing of, for wealthy man's funeral;
formerly sacrificed at tiwah feast;
cuts inflicted on, when raja dies
Smallpox
Snake, poisonous;
curious adventure with;
deadly bite of black;
a fight with;
as food;
caught and set free;
huge, man-eating;
bite of cobra;
cure for bite of;
folk-tales about
Snake-bird
Snares, for catching birds
Social classes, among tribes
Soerabaia, point of steamboat connection with Borneo;
important commercial centre;
arrival at;
head-hunters imprisoned at;
an earthquake at
Soldiers, killing of, by Dayaks
Song, of native women;
of the head-hunters
Sonora Desert, the
Sophia, government steamship
Sora, folk-tale about
Souls, belief of various tribes concerning
number and location of;
departure of, through top of head;
of animals presented to soul of deceased person;
method of recalling;
of animals
Spaan, A.W.
Spear, the hunting
Spiders, effect of bite of;
in caves of Kong Beng
Spirits, good and evil;
Hindu names for good.
