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Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo

by Edwin H. Gomes

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  1. 1Dedication — Introduction
  2. 2Author’s Note
  3. 3Chapter I — Sarawak — Sir James Brooke
  4. 4Chapter II — The Dyaks
  5. 5Chapter III — Manner of Life
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Dyak Character
  7. 7Chapter V — Head-Hunting
  8. 8Chapter VI — Social Life
  9. 9Chapter VII — Child-Birth and Children
  10. 10Chapter VIII — My School in the Jungle
  11. 11Chapter IX — Marriage
  12. 12Chapter X — Burial Rites
  13. 13Chapter XI — Travelling in Sarawak
  14. 14Chapter XII — Omens and Dreams
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The “Manang,” or Witch-Doctor
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Native Remedies and Dyak Charms
  17. 17Chapter XV — Dyak Religion
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Dyak Feasts
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Sports and Amusements
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Song and Music
  21. 21Chapter XIX — The Dyak Abroad
  22. 22Chapter XX — Some Personal Experiences
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Dyak Folklore
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Three Dyak Legends
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Some Curious Customs
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — The Future of the Sea Dyak in Sarawak
  27. 27Glossary of Dyak Words and Phrases Which Occur in the Foregoing Pages
  28. 28Knight-Errant and His Doughty Deeds

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