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CONTENTS xvii<br />

CHAPTER XVI<br />

DYAK FEASTS<br />

PAGBS<br />

Four classes <strong>of</strong> feasts— — Preparations Feasts connected with :<br />

1, Head-taking ; 2, Farming ; 3, — House-warming — Social feasts<br />

The dead ;<br />

- -<br />

4, Dreams, etc.<br />

- 209-219<br />

CHAPTER XVII<br />

SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS<br />

Dyak games — Football—War Dance—Sword Dance— Dyak music<br />

— — Cock-fighting Tops — " Riding <strong>the</strong> tidal bore "—Swim-<br />

ming—Trials <strong>of</strong> strength<br />

- 220-224<br />

CHAPTER XVIII<br />

SONG AND MUSIC<br />

......<br />

Love <strong>of</strong> music—Love —Boat —War songs songs — songs Incantations<br />

at Dyak feasts—The song <strong>of</strong> mourning — musical instruments<br />

225-232<br />

CHAPTER XIX<br />

THE DYAK ABROAD<br />

Love <strong>of</strong> travel — " The innocents abroad "— Gutta- hunting-<br />

Collecting canes—Hunting for edible birds' -nests— ---... Camphorworking<br />

233-239<br />

CHAPTER XX<br />

SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES<br />

The itinerant missionary — Visit to a Dyak house— Reception-<br />

Cooking — Servants — The meal — Teaching <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dyaks</strong> —<br />

Christians—Services— Prayer - houses—Offertory—Reception<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> missionary— Dangers <strong>of</strong> sea travelling during <strong>the</strong><br />

north-east monsoon— My boat swamped —In <strong>the</strong> jungle —<br />

Losing my way —A Dyak's experience<br />

- - 240-251<br />

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