Children Of Borneo
by Edwin Herbert Gomes
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gomes, Edwin Herbert, 1862-1944
- Title
- Children of Borneo
- Credits
- Produced by A Project Gutenberg volunteer working with digital material generously made available by the Internet Archive
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Children -- Borneo
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 27801
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27801
- Release Date
- January 14, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CHILDREN OF BORNEO — CHILDREN OF BORNEO
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS — CHILDREN OF BORNEO
- 4.CHAPTER I THE ISLAND OF BORNEO—JUNGLES—THE DYAKS—DYAK LIFE IN THE OLD DAYS
- 5.CHAPTER II THE COMING OF THE WHITE RAJAH—THE MISSIONARIES
- 6.CHAPTER III A DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE
- 7.CHAPTER IV DYAK BABIES AND CHILDREN
- 8.CHAPTER V MANNER OF LIFE—OCCUPATION
- 9.CHAPTER VI HEAD-HUNTING
- 10.CHAPTER VII BIRDS AND BEASTS IN BORNEO
- 11.CHAPTER VIII SOME CURIOUS CUSTOMS
- 12.CHAPTER IX DYAK FEASTS
- 13.CHAPTER X THE WITCH DOCTOR
- 14.CHAPTER XI SOME ANIMAL STORIES — The Story of the Mouse-deer and other Animals who went out Fishing — The Story of the Mouse-deer, the Deer, and the Pig
- 15.CHAPTER XII OMENS AND DREAMS — Dreams
- 16.CHAPTER XIII MARRIAGES AND BURIALS — Burials
- 17.CHAPTER XIV A DYAK LEGEND — The Story of Siu
- 18.CHAPTER XV DYAK BELIEFS AND SUPERSTITIONS
- 19.CHAPTER XVI CONCLUSION
- 20.SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO.
- 21.SOME NOTABLE BOOKS ON FOREIGN MISSIONS FROM THE CATALOGUE OF OLIPHANT, ANDERSON & FERRIER
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