(_c_) "As far as we could learn, the only act of worship paid these images is that of offering them food once or twice a month, such as rice, pork, eggs, fowls. On #no# condition will they (Dyaks) consent to give them up, and the only reason assigned is that sickness will be the inevitable consequence."--Doty. (_d_) "The inland tribes of Borneo are without any definite forms of religious worship; they make idols of wood, but I have never seen any offerings made to them, nor do they regard them apparently as anything more than scarecrows to frighten off evil spirits."--_Folklore in Borneo_, by W. H. Furness. (_e_) "These figures (_tambatongs_) are not exactly idols in the ordinary sense of the word, as they are not directly worshipped, although representing the religious beliefs of the Dyaks, and regarded with superstitious veneration; they should, perhaps, rather be called talismans, as they are looked upon as charms to keep away evil spirits and ill-luck."--P. 32, _Headhunters of Borneo_, by Carl Bock. (_f_) "Although I found in a house at Old Affara (a village on Vorkay, one of the southernmost of the Arrus) an image rudely formed of wood, together with a post on which different figures, such as snakes, lizards, crocodiles, and human forms, were carved, and which the owner stated to be intended for preserving the house from evil spirits (_Swangi_), yet it is evident that the Arafuras of Vorkay possess no religion whatsoever.... They certainly hold a feast at the time in which they have perceived that the Christians of Wamma hold one also, namely, at the commencement of the year, when they, in imitation of the Christians, celebrate the advent of the new year.... Of the immortality of the soul they have not the least conception."--Koff's _Voyage of the Dourga_, p. 161. (_g_) "The Battas believe in demonic agency called _Begu_ for every species of malady.... To drive out these demon monsters ... talismans and charms are employed."--Featherman's _Social History of Mankind_. [158] (_a_) "Amongst the Dyaks ... newly-married couples do not go to live in a new house of their own, but a compartment is set apart for them in the house of the bride's parents."--Hickson's _North Celebes_, p. 286. (_b_) "The marriage customs throughout the Sangir, Talant, and Sian Archipelago are based on the old matriarchal system--that is, when a man is married he becomes a member of his wife's family, and must leave his own and go to live in the village or the house of his wife's parents."--P. 197. (_c_) "When a Dyak marries he enters the family of his wife, and lives in her parents' house till the couple set up for themselves, which is generally not for some time afterwards."--Denison.