Children of Borneo

y stopping for a meal at midday. The division of labour between the men and the women is a very reasonable one, and the women do their fa

e rice they eat, cook, weave, make mats and baskets, fetch the water f

e planted. When the timber and shrubs have been burnt, the men and women plant the grain. The roots and stumps of trees are left in the ground. The men walk in front wit

ir baskets which are tied to their waists in front of them. The carrying home of the paddy thus reaped is mostly done by the men, who can carry very heavy loads on their back, though the women help in this work to some extent. The next thing is to separate the grain from the little tiny stems to which it is st

ong. As a rule two or three women each use their pestles at one mortar, which is cut out of the trunk of a tree. I have seen as many

in the morning, partakes of his frugal meal of rice and salt, or rice and fish, varied by a piece of wild pork or venison, which he may have received as a gift or bought from some hu

pends his time in getting firewood, or mending things in his room,

put up in the paddy farm. When the weeding is done, the family return to the long Dyak house and remain there for about

planting, and everything connected with it, such as the building of farm huts, and the getting ready of farming implements, takes up seven or perhaps eight months of the year. The Dya

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ut off. The outside was then shaped to take the desired form of the canoe. Then the inside was hollowed out. The next thing to do was to widen the inside of this canoe. This was done by filling the boat with water and making a fire under it, and by fastening large stone weights on

same. Even a war-boat, ninety feet long, is made from the trunk of one tree. In the longer boats planks

nches wide, with a square shank. This is set in a thin handle of hard wood, at the end of which there is a woven pocket of cane to receive it. The lower end of this handle has a piece of light wood fixed to it to form a firm grip for the

acture, but it is stronger and keeps its colour well. At the present time, however, a great deal of the cloth woven by the Dyaks is done with yarn of English make. The warp is arranged in the loom, and the weaver sits on the floor and uses her hands and feet, the latter working the treadles. The th

clever at plaiting, and some of their mats are very fine in texture. They also make bas

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-rice in