[28] — 1811 to 1815.
[29] — It seems not unreasonable to conjecture that the uniformly high physical standard of the Punans and their seemingly exceptional immunity from disease are due to their exposed mode of life, and to the consequently severe selection exercised upon them by their environment.
[30] — The Sea Dayak is exceptional in this respect; he wears a coat of coloured cotton fibre woven in various patterns by the women.
[31] — See Chap. XII.
[32] — The turban is a head-dress which is copied from the Malays and is rapidly spreading inland.
[33] — This toy cross-bow is found among Kayans. Both it and the arrow used are very crudely made.
[34] — The war dress and accoutrements will be more fully described in Chap. X.
[35] — Accidental tearing of the lobe inevitably occurs occasionally; and if this is attributed to the carelessness of any other person a brass TAWAK or gong must be paid in compensation. Repair of a torn lobe is sometimes effected by overlapping the raw ends and keeping them tied in this position for some weeks.
[36] — Some of the copper coins of Sarawak are perforated at the centre.
[37] — By the Kayans the heads are suspended in a single long row from thelower edge of a long plank, each being attached by a rattan passed through a hole in the vertex. Many of the Klemantans hang them in a similar way to a circular framework, and the Sea Dayaks suspend them in a conical basket hung by its apex from the rafters.