There Is No Necessity Of Returning To The Bamboo And Hot Stones As Cooking Utensils, But Why Not Accept To A Greater Extent The Underlying Principle Of These Methods?

In the evening we arrived at Long Pelaban, a large Kenyah kampong, where for some time I made my headquarters.

On the opposite bank of the river we cut the tall grass and jungle and made camp. Soon we were visited by many small boys who afterward came every day to look for tin cans. With few exceptions they were not prepossessing in appearance; nearly all were thin, and one was deaf and dumb, but they were inoffensive and well-behaved. During my travels among Dayaks I never saw boys or girls quarrel among themselves - in fact their customary behaviour is better than that of most white children. Both parents treat the child affectionately, the mother often kissing it.

The sumpitan (blow-pipe) is found in his room, but the Kenyah usually prefers to carry a spear when he goes hunting. In his almost daily trips to the ladang he also takes it along, because instinctively mindful of enemy attacks. The Kenyahs are physically superior to the Kayans and the other natives I met, and more free from skin disease. They are less reserved than the Kayans, who are a little heavy and slow. In none of these tribes is any distrust shown, and I never saw any one who appeared to be either angry or resentful. Though the so-called Dayaks have many traits in common, of them all the Kenyahs are the most attractive.

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