r rings, her arms tattooed to the elbow, and
her blackened teeth filed to points. Once upon a time I heard a Kayan
mother soothing her little baby to sleep, and the words of the lullaby
which I learned are as follows:--

From the River's mouth the birds are straying,
And the Baiyo's topmost leaves are swaying;
The little chicks cheep,
Now my little one sleep,
For the black house-lizard, with glittering eye,
And the gray-haired Laki Laieng are nigh!
Sleep, dear little one, sleep!

For those philologically inclined I append the original:--

Lung koh madang Manoh
Migieong ujong Baiyo
Mensip anak Yap
Lamate Telyap, Telyap abing,
Lamate Laki Laieng oban!
Ara we we ara!

FOOTNOTE:

[1] "Forests of the Far East," vol. i, p. 213.

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