Rhinoceros; horns of; red rubber statue of; hunting; folk-lore tale about Rhinoflax vigil Riam Kiwa River, the; elevation of watershed of Rice, brandy made from; polished a cause of beri-beri; cooked in bamboo; harvesting of; method of husking; cooking of, for great festival; throwing of; making new field for; planting of; time required for cooking; season for planting, determined by togallan; considered unfit for food day after cooking Rickshaw men, the Rifle, loaned by Sultan Rijckmans, L.F.J. Rings, tin and brass, worn in ear-lobes River system of Borneo Rongkang, epidemic at Roth, Ling Royal Dutch Packet Boat Company Rubber; feast of gatherers of; an English plantation; gathering, at Sembulo Rubea, the natives at Rumphius, Dutch steamer Rusa. See Deer Sacrifice, of pig; of hens; of food, to antohs; of slave in building of houses; of water-buffalo; at paddi-planting; when tree falls Sago-palm Sailors, Javanese; Malay Salap (fish) Salt, use of Salt water, issuing from rock; pool of Salutations, when meeting; at leave-taking; on entering and leaving a house Samarinda; arrival at; climate of; the natives in Samariting Samba River, the, fish in; houses on; an expedition up; passing the rapids of; night on; first European to visit; gold in; data from, concerning natives Sambil goreng (native stew) Samoan tribe. See Tamoans Sampit, village of; start for; return to; beri-beri at; banquet given by controleur of Sampit River, the Sand-bars, at mouth of Pembuang River Sand, white Sandpiper, the Sandung (funeral house) Sangiang, the (antoh) Sankuvai, the (bird that calls antoh) Sapundo, the (memorial post) Saputans, the; characteristics of; number of; the women and children of; habits and customs of; marriage customs of; food of; belief of, about disease and its cure; funeral customs of; piercing of ears of; shy about being photographed; makers of the sumpitan; headhunting of; the Ulu-Ots; folklore of; governed formerly by Penihings; tuba-fishing practised by; derivation of the name; four villages of; customs of, regarding childbirth; included in Orang Bahau Sarawak, James Brooke made raja of; success of government of, under white rajas; five groups of people in; fires at Schouten, H.P. Schreuder, R. Schwaner Mountains, the, mineral possibilities of; exploration of; the natives in Sea, water from, reaches Mandumei Sea Dayaks, the Seat, plank used as Segai, the, Kayan sub-tribe _Selatan_, government steam-launch; rough weather on board _Semang, the Bad Boy_, folk-tale Sembulo, Lake, an expedition to; description of; visit to, postponed; the Dayaks on; legend of the tailed people of; second expedition to; storms on; depth of; no evidence of tailed men found at