Chapter I: Front Matter

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She has in her hair a comb decorated with silver filigree work. Round her neck is a necklace of beads. The rings round her body are made of hoops of cane, round which little brass rings are arranged close together so that none of the cane is visible. These hoops are worn next to the body above the waist, and over the petticoat below. The silver coins fastened to this brass corset, and worn as belts round it, are the silver coins of the country. The petticoat is a broad strip of cloth, sewn together at the ends and having an opening at the top and bottom. It is fastened at the waist with a piece of string.]

SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO

A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles

by

EDWIN H. GOMES, M.A.

And an Introduction by the Reverend John Perham Formerly Archdeacon of Singapore

With 40 Illustrations & a Map

London Seeley & Co. Limited 38 Great Russell Street 1911

TO MY WIFE TO WHOSE HELPFUL ENCOURAGEMENT I OWE MUCH