stly skulls, according to the custom of these
people. The chief was a man of middle age, with a mild and pleasing
countenance and gentle manners. He had around him several sons and
relations, and one or two of the leading men of his tribe, but the
rest seemed by no means to be restrained by his presence, or to show
him any particular marks of respect: certainly nothing of the servile
obsequiousness observed by the Malays before their prince. Their
dress consists of a single strip of cloth round the loins, with the
ends hanging down before and behind, and a light turban, composed of
the bark of trees, twined round the head, and so arranged that the
front is stuck up somewhat resembling a short plume of feathers.

"Their figures are almost universally well made, showing great activity
without great muscular development; but their stature is diminutive,
as will be seen by the following measurements, taken at random among
them, and confirmed by general observation:

"Sejugah, the chief, height, 5 ft. 1 3/4 in. Head round, 1 ft. 9
in. Anterior portion, from ear to ear, 1 foot; posterior, 9 in.;
across the top, 1 1/4 ft.

"Kalong, the chief's eldest son, height, 5 ft. 2 1/4 in. Anterior
portion of head, 1 ft.; posterior, 8 3/4 in.; across the top,
1 ft., wanting a few lines.

Height

Man from the crowd 5 ft. 1 3/4 in.
Another 5 1 1/2
Another 5 4
Another 4 10
Another 5 3
Another 5 4

"The following is a specimen of their names, and some few words
of their dialect, the only ones I could get not Malayan. The fact,
indeed, appears to be that, from constant intercourse, their Dyak
language is fast fading away; and, while retaining their separate
religion and customs, they have substituted the soft and fluent Malay
for their own harsher jargon. The names are, Jugah or Sejugah, Kalong,
Bunshie, Kontong, Lang, Rantie.

The vocabulary:

hairs, _bok_ (similar to the Lundu Dyaks).
thigh, _pah_.
woman, _indo_.
father, _api_.
sea, _tasiek_.
slave, _ulon_.
spear, _sancho_.
black, _chelum_.
good, _badass_.
bad, _jaie_.
quick, _pantass_.