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Through Central Borneo : an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917, vol.2

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Title:
Through Central Borneo : an account of two years' travel in the land of the head-hunters between the years 1913 and 1917, vol.2
Collection:
Southeast Asia Visions
Creator:
Lumholtz, Carl
Date:
1920
Extent:
277 600dpi JPEG page images
Publisher:
C. Scribner's Sons
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book
Contents:
Front Matter
Chapter XXIII A Profitable Stay -- Magnificent Fruits of Borneo -- Omen Birds -- The Penihings in Daily Life -- Top Playing -- Religious Ideas -- Curing Disease
"Chapter XXIV Head Hunting, Its Practice and Purpose."
Chapter XXV Departure from the Penihings -- Fruit Eating Fish -- Another Call at Long Pahangei -- A trip up the Merasi River -- Genial Natives -- An Inopportune Visit -- The Durian Queen of all Fruits
Chapter XXVI Among the Long Glats -- Is Fear of Exposure to the Sun Justified? -- Characteristics of the Long Glats -- Good Bye to the Mahakam
Chapter XXVII Continuing the Journey Down the River -- Great Kihams -- Batokelau -- At long Iram -- Last Stages of Our Journey -- Arrival at Samarinda -- Hindu Antiquities -- Native's Superiority to Civilised Man
Chapter XXVIII An Earthquake -- Eradicating the Plague -- Through the Country Northeast of Bandjermasin -- Martapura and its Diamond Fields -- Pengaron -- The Giant Pig -- The Bukits -- Well Preserved Decorative Designs -- An Attractive Family
Chapter XXIX The Balei or Temple -- A Little Known Part of the Country -- A Courteous Malay -- Power Over Animals -- Negara
Chapter XXX An Expedition to the Katingan River -- Tatuing of the Entire Body -- The Gathering of Honey -- A Pleasant Intermezzo -- An Unusually Artistic Production -- Up the Samba River -- With Incompetent Boatmen
Chapter XXXI Among the Duhoi (Ot-Danums) -- Rich Collections -- The Kapatongs -- The Bathing of Dayak Infants -- Christmas Eve -- The Flying Boat -- Marriage Ceremonies
"Chapter XXXII Agricultural Pursuits -- Facts about Ulu-Ots, The Wild Men of Borneo -- Taking Leave of the Interesting Duhoi -- A Visit to the Upper Katingans -- Dancing -- Friendly Natives -- Down the Katingan River"
Chapter XXXIII Kasungan -- The Wealth of the Dayaks -- Animism -- Guardians of the Dead -- Uge Serpents -- Crocodiles -- Government of Days Gone By -- Katingan Customs and Beliefs
Chapter XXXIV Funeral Customs of the Katingans -- Departure from Kasungan -- An Attempted Visit to Sembulo -- Indifferent Malays -- A Strange Disease -- The Belief in Tailed People -- The Legend of the Ancestor of Tailed Men
Chapter XXXV A Visit to Kuala Kapuas -- A Breed of Stump-Tailed Dogs -- The Short-Tailed Cats of Borneo -- A Second Expedition to Lake Sembulo -- Natives Undismayed by Beri-Beri -- The Tamoans -- The Practice of Incision
End Matter

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