CHAPTER XXIV

THE FUTURE OF THE SEA DYAK IN SARAWAK

The Sea Dyak—Work—Bad times—Cheerfulness—The view from within—The Sea Dyak’s future—Mission work among them—Government—Development in the immediate future 324-331

GLOSSARY 332-337

INDEX 338-343

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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A DYAK GIRL DRESSED IN ALL HER FINERY TO ATTEND A FEAST _Frontispiece_

A SEA DYAK WITH SHIELD 22

SIR CHARLES BROOKE, G.C.M.G., THE PRESENT RAJAH OF SARAWAK 30

THREE TYPICAL DYAKS 36

DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION 44

DYAK MAKING A BLOWPIPE 44

DYAK GIRLS POUNDING RICE 46

A HUSKING MILL 46

DRYING PADDY 46

SEA DYAKS MAKING A CANOE 50

GIRLS WEAVING 52

DYAKS RETURNING FROM TUBA-FISHING 56

A DYAK WOMAN MAKING A MAT WITH SPLIT CANE 62

FIVE DYAKS IN WAR DRESS, WITH SPEARS AND SHIELDS 74

A DYAK IN WAR DRESS 78

HUMAN HEADS 78

DYAK WARFARE 82

DYAK HOUSES 88

DYAK CHILDREN 102

A DYAK YOUTH 114

A DYAK LAD 114

A DYAK WEDDING 124

DYAK GIRL SPINNING 128

A DYAK BRIDE 130

A DYAK GIRL 130

A DYAK CEMETERY BY THE RIVER-SIDE 136

A DYAK DANCING THE WAR DANCE 136

BOAT-TRAVELLING 146

A DYAK YOUTH HOLDING A SPEAR 160

A RIVER SCENE 206

COCK-FIGHTING 210

THREE DYAK GIRLS DRESSED IN THEIR FINERY TO ATTEND A FEAST 212

COCK-FIGHTING 222

A LONG DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE 242

A DYAK WOMAN IN EVERYDAY COSTUME 268

A DYAK USING A WOODEN BLOWPIPE 280

A DYAK GIRL 290

SCRAPING PALM-LEAVES FOR FIBRE 290

DYAKS MAKING A DAM FOR TUBA-FISHING 296

A DYAK IN GALA COSTUME 326

SEVENTEEN YEARS AMONG THE SEA DYAKS OF BORNEO