Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo
- Subtitle
- A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. AUTHOR’S NOTE4. CHAPTER I SARAWAK—SIR JAMES BROOKE5. CHAPTER II THE DYAKS6. CHAPTER III MANNER OF LIFE7. CHAPTER IV THE DYAK CHARACTER8. CHAPTER V HEAD-HUNTING9. CHAPTER VI SOCIAL LIFE10. CHAPTER VII CHILD-BIRTH AND CHILDREN11. CHAPTER VIII MY SCHOOL IN THE JUNGLE12. CHAPTER IX MARRIAGE13. CHAPTER X BURIAL RITES14. CHAPTER XI TRAVELLING IN SARAWAK15. CHAPTER XII OMENS AND DREAMS16. CHAPTER XIII THE “MANANG,” OR WITCH-DOCTOR17. CHAPTER XIV NATIVE REMEDIES AND DYAK CHARMS18. CHAPTER XV DYAK RELIGION19. CHAPTER XVI DYAK FEASTS20. CHAPTER XVII SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS21. CHAPTER XVIII SONG AND MUSIC22. CHAPTER XIX THE DYAK ABROAD23. CHAPTER XX SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES24. CHAPTER XXI DYAK FOLKLORE25. CHAPTER XXII THREE DYAK LEGENDS26. CHAPTER XXII THREE DYAK LEGENDS (continued 2)27. CHAPTER XXIII SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS28. CHAPTER XXIV THE FUTURE OF THE SEA DYAK IN SARAWAK29. GLOSSARY OF DYAK WORDS AND PHRASES WHICH OCCUR IN THE FOREGOING PAGES30. INDEX