I had often heard of the deadly effect of the poison into which the arrow was dipped, but always disbelieved the bulk of the native stories, though I must believe in the evidence we have lately had. In 1859, the Kanowit tribe, instigated by Sherif Musahor, murdered two English gentlemen, and then fled into the interior. Mr. Johnson, who led the attack on them, tells me he lost thirty men by wounds from the poisoned arrows. He found the bodies of Dayaks who had gone out as skirmishers without a mark, beyond the simple puncture where a drop of blood rested on the wound. One man was struck near him; he instantly had the arrow extracted, the wound sucked, a glass of brandy administered, and the patient sent off to the boats about four miles distant. Two companions supported him, and they had strict orders not to allow him to sleep till he reached the landing-place: they made him keep awake, and he recovered. As it is common to destroy deer, wild boars and other creatures with these arrows, no doubt man also can be killed. I will now give an account of the manners and customs of the Sea Dayaks. CHAPTER II. SOCIAL LIFE OF THE SEA DAYAKS. Ceremonies at the Birth of a Child--Infanticide--Desire for Children--A Talkative and Sociable People--Great Concord in Families--Method of Settling Disputes--Marriage Ceremonies--Pride of Birth--Chastity--Punishment of Indiscreet Lovers--Bundling and Company-keeping--Love--Anecdotes--Separations--Division of Household Duties--Flirting--Divorce--Burials--Religion--Belief in a Supreme Being--Good and Evil Spirits--The Small-pox--Priests--Some Dress as Women--Mourning--Sacrifices--Human Sacrifices--Unlucky Omens--Reconciliation--Belief in a Future State--The other World--Dayaks Litigious--Head-feast--Head-hunting--Its Origin--Horrible Revenge--Small Inland Expeditions--Cat-like Warfare--Atrocious Case--Large Inland Expeditions--War-boats--Edible Clay--Necessity for a Head--Dayaks very Intelligent--Slaves--Objections to Eating certain Animals, or Killing others--Change of Names--Degrees of Affinity within which Marriages may take place--Sickness--Cholera--Manufactures--Agriculture--Method of taking Bees’ Nests--Lying Heaps--Passports--Ordeals--Language.