Life in the Forests of the Far East, 1. köideSmith, Elder, 1862 |
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alligator appeared ascent Bajus Balau bamboo banks Baram Baram river Batang Lupar boat Bornean Borneo brought Brunei canoes cave ceremony chief Chinese cloth coast colour commence custom Datu deer districts Dusun entrance expedition Fcap feast feet followed fowl Gaya Island girls head head-hunting heard hills hundred Ida'an inches inhabitants interior island jungle Kanowit Kayans Kiau killed Kina Balu Labuan Land Dayaks Lanun Limbang look Lundu Malays Mengkabong miles mountain Muruts native neighbouring Nepenthes Nepenthes Edwardsiana Nepenthes Lowii Nepenthes Rajah never night numerous observed occasionally Orang Kaya Pangeran party passed path Post 8vo prahus Price rattan reached Rejang rice river rocks round Sakarang Sarawak Sarawak river Sea Dayaks seen Seribas Sibuyaus side Singauding Sirambau spirits spot stream summit Tamawan Tampasuk Tawaran trade trees tribe village walk wife women young
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