Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-12

started at day break for karagnan.
Soon after leaving Mandor the country becomes hly and
large timber disappears In all this part of Borneo only
finds prmves forest a few isolated tops of mountains,
where the Dyake partly out of superstition have not burnt it
The thing mentioned by Dr. A. W. Nenwenhus in his
journey through Boneo The Dyak method of agriculture is
responsible for this Near the end of the dry they clear
piece of ground by burning the trees and then SOW their rice
which up with the rains After crop of rice has
been taken from the soil the spot abandoned and not used
again for six years Although the Dyak very few
in number yet succeeding generations have cleared the country
of large timber Borneo valuable trees,
account of their resins others for building cabinet max
ing properly conserved the forest would be much va
able than the miserable crops of rice raised on the cleared spots
The Chinese in this District washing for gold long be-
fore Europeans The extend of their workings marvellous
and be believed unless For miles the whole face of
the country has been changed by dggngs and uices and
whole hills have been "washed" away
About II we reached small Chinese village situated
the Mepawah River which fairly large here and has
be crossed boat Soon after this the road becomes bad
and only track through the bush great deal of the way.
AT half past three arrived at Karagnan two hours earlier
than expected stopped the night this small Chinese
village, and started early in the morning.
AS the road passes through many streams, decided to
walk in BAHAMAS and shoes BY this means enjoyed many
pleasant bath with little trouble.
Dyak bridge is all nice thing negotiate Some
times consists of tree trunk thrown the stream;
sometimes few bamboos dashed together into bundle with
rattan echer hand rail- The bridge sways about from
side sde but should you try steady yourself BY aid of the
hand rail your fall inevitable Personally prefer wade
Sugarcane grew in patches around all of the villages, and
in many spots in the bush probably the sites of old Kpong
made many has the way examine these patches but
found no traces of beee-borers.
Toward the road became rugged and the
sleeper follow the Mempawah River between Pandang
and Sekeh mountains We passed several Dyak villages built
platforms raised wooden piles four five feet above the
ground with noced trunk of for steps reach it.
The stencil that from the mud and filth that accumulate
below is abominabe village generally consists of
such PLATFORM with building divided off into compartments
with larger general compartment for cooking The
size of village estimated by the number of doors Some
times the road passes through Dyak village, and then
the
and down the other side. .... 1876.
steep climb up the side of the Moewong mountain brought
my destination about four o'clock where bath and
drink put in frame of mind appreciate the which
lay stretched out in front of me.
The mountains form circle with towards the south
east On the eastern side of the break rises Mount Sekeh
about 5000 feet, the western side, Mount Pandang little
three thousand feet Moewong about 2OO feet in the
center The Mcmpawah River rises within this circle of
ans, and asc between Sekch and Pandang The sides
of the mountains covered with fine old tcky covered
with orchids and climbing plants My friends house is stu
ated about 1900 feet the southern side Moewong Even
at this slight elevation there is distinct difference in climate
the evenings and nights COOL and sleep under
blanket During the day walk around and collect with
out real discomfort From his balcony look between Pan
dang and Sekel the Landak district which stretches
like map ranges of hills stretching all directions In the
early morning. bore the has dispersed the the
lowands, it looks like dotted with islands
In this spot spent weeks and would willingly have
spent two years 1t is rich chronological field where
entomologst could spend life time took species
allied boer but species found Hysterid
ana ydopds at work on several OF the larvae but got
direct parasites but both eggs and larvae exceedingly
scarcel could get little material whole days search would
only result in few eggs three a large patch
OF cane was growing Dyak Kampong the bottom of
Mocwong but found borers attacking it, Caehopper and
its parasites also present, but not in numbers
The gold mine they at present working the
face of Moewong and the mill situated about feet below
the house Good copper exists Pandang but has yet
been worked Dutch Borneo has been unfortunate its min
ing not much of the of the ore lot
1t from to and half the ton but on
account of acknowledgement and want of capital Were all the
mining rights in West Borneo amagamated they could be
much more economically and proftaby ,a ~
surprised find that the Dyaks possessed knowledge
of meaurgy Not only they recognize metal bearing
but they understand the process of baking and extracting the
metal The Chinese only work auvial gold do not think
they have learnt from them The temper of their steel
of high quality, and good head cutting knife reported
capable of cutting through iron barr they also cevery
inad with BRASS and sometimes with gold As far OBJ
served the only heads they keen getting Queen
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