Chapter I: Front Matter

CHILDREN OF BORNEO

_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

CHILDREN OF BORNEO

BY
EDWIN H. GOMES, M.A.
AUTHOR OF
"SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO"

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