"Oh," said the
Malay, "when the Tuan (Johnson) sent us across the river to bury the
dead man the
Other day, his spirit came back to him and his body sat
up and talked, and we were much afraid, and seized hold of the body;
which gave us much trouble to put it into the hole we had digged,
and when we had quickly filled in the hole so that the body could not
come out again, we fled away quickly, so now we know that the saying
is true." It thus transpired that they had buried a live Chinaman
without being aware of the fact.
CHAPTER 13
Home-Life Among Head-Hunting Dayaks.
I leave the Main Stream and journey up the Sarekei - A Stream
overarched by Vegetation - House 200 feet long - I make Friends with
the Chief - My New Quarters - Rarity of White Men - Friendliness
of my New Hosts - Embarrassing Request from a Lady, "like we your
skin" - Similar Experience of Wallace - Crowds to see me Undress -
Dayak's interest in Illustrated Papers - Waist-rings of Dayak Women
- Teeth filled with brass - Noisiness of a Dayak House - Dayak
Dogs - A well-meant Blow and its Sequel - Uproarious Amusement of
the Dayaks - Dayak Fruit-Trees - The Durian as King of all Fruits
- Dayak "Bridges" across the Swamp-Dances of the Head-Hunters -
A Secret "Fishing" Expedition - A Spear sent by way of defiance to
the Government - I "score" off the Pig-Hunters - Dayak Diseases -
Dayak Women and Girls - Two "Broken Hearts" - I Raffle my Tins -
"Cookie" and the Head-Hunters, their Jokes and Quarrels - My Adventure
with a Crocodile.
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