Show QUEER IN BORNEO norwegian explorer writes of some of his experiences in that island eland quaint customs in darkest borneo are described by tor br carl lutholtz Lum holtz norwegian traveler doctor lutholtz Lum holtz baysin part wo we met six natives who had been hunting the rhinoceros in the west tho the horn of tho the animal when powdered is in great demand by the chinese its as a medicine and fetches a high price such an expedition may last for two months the hunters carry no provisions visions vis lons and live on oil sago sage and what animals they can kill when there I 1 Is 8 a scarcity of food vicy they frequently go three or four days merely on water and stay tho the pangs of hunger with tobacco I 1 was told that a man would tactile tackle a rhinoceros with a spear single handed though tho the beast la Is very difficult to kill ono one day wo we were surprised by tho the arrival of 0 a duct with two companions in a boat they brought with them a log dog a blowpipe for darts and a recently killed pig not far from the muller mountains wo vve camped upon the upper kahao river which la Is inhabited by Sa they are a crude friendly people who walo a hundred years ago were inere cave dwellers in the mountains to the fast eat at I 1 had the g good for fortune to take it 11 cinematograph picture of the cerenio ny of tha piercing of a chiefs cli ears it Is their privilege to wear a tigers tooth inserted tit in a hole tit in tho the upper part of each ear tho the chief wits was seated and ana a board was placed behind ill ills head friends and supporters assisted in the operation which consisted of nil an empty rifle ride cartridge being forced through ills hla ear car blood streamed down and tho the mun mm apparently of a very robust type seemed to bo be near fainting inting ta A medicine man was hurriedly summoned and lie clapped chipped his hands oyer the cars and then open opening ang them produced a small stone this lie he threw into tho the river I 1 was told that this stone was tho the supposed causo cause of tho the chiefs ahlers illness the scene was brought to a dramatic conclusion by the exhausted chief being ignominiously carried away on the back of a young man during tile tho afternoon more pebbles were produced by tile same sleight of hand and it pig was killed tit in order to appease tile bad spirit which had caused the chiefs ill liess less the dynka of tile the upper mahakian Mahak kan are friendly to strangers and na as tho the great rapids down tile river tonn form a natural barrier they seldom receive visitors and tire little changed by outside influence the mohammedan ma lays for instance have never been able to extend their influence above the rapids luckily for the diaks pd incidentally for leffin ethnology thesy these natives possess a fine muscular development the women adewell are well formed and move with grace and freedom the headhunting head hunting part of the native religion has been practically suppressed by dutch indu ente cne and so for far as I 1 could ascertain the last case of the kind in this region was tit least five years ago |