Show Being Polite to Spirits In Borneo Borne mII m ny trees valued for their timber are arc re regarded as being the dwelling places of ot good spirits Super Super- Superstition however comes conies to the aid of economic necessity and before he In- In incurs In Incurs curs CUIS the displeasure of the spirits b by destroying their home the native drives a hatchet Into the trunk andI and I returns to his Ills family If In the mornIn morn- morn morning mornIng In ing the hatchet ha has haa fallen to the I ground It h Is a sign that the spirit s will will- willingly has lias left the tree for a new resi resl- resi- resi residence residence dence It Is s remarkable observes n a writer In the Sydney Bulletin describing in Ing the holms how consistently the lie hatchet falls to stay put |