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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 29 p. This booklet, first published in 1899, begins with a description of the way of life of the peoples of Sarawak in the 19th century their houses, social structure and their beliefs in the spirits. Creation myths of the Kayans and the Dayaks, a legend on the origin of the tradition of head-hunting, stories of visits to regions below the earth and above the earth; all are told. One of the stories of a visit to a land above the earth recounts how Si Kira gave the Dayaks three types of rice, but the author laments that he also gave them their omen-birds; the sighting of any of these birds can cause any project even vital chores such as the planting of rice to be postponed. Superstitions regarding names ceremonies for the naming of a child, taboos on uttering one's own name, the changing of the name of a sick person are also described.
