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Title: Children of Borneo
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Gomes, Edwin Herbert, 1862-
Subjects: Children -- Borneo Borneo -- Social life and customs
Publisher: Edinburgh and London : Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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/They built theirhouses, churches and schools at distant up-countrystations, and they won the love and esteem of theDyaks, who came to them, not only to learn to readand write, but to listen to the wonderful Old, OldStory the missionaries had to tell of a God, Wholoved them, and came to earth and died for them, androse from the dead, and ascended up to Heaven, and^^ho wanted the whole world to learn of His love andbecome His faithful followers. CHAPTER HI A DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE Among the Dyaks a large number of families livetogether under one roof. A small village would consistprobably of one long house, in which twenty or thirtyor more families live. This village house is built onposts of hard wood, which raise the floor from six totwelve feet above the ground. It is wise of them tobuild their houses in this way, because the ground,even on the hills, is very damp in the rainy season,and, besides this, there are snakes and scorpions andcentipedes crawling about, which would trouble the
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A DYAK VILLAGE HOUSE 19 Dyaks if their houses were built on the ground.Another reason for building their houses in this wayis that if they live together in large numbers, highabove the ground, it is not easy for their enemies toattack and overcome them. The entrance to this house is made by a notchedtrunk or log, which serves as a ladder ; one is fixedat each end of the house. The length of the buildingvaries according to the number of families inhabitingit, but as the rooms occupied by the different familiesare built on the same plan, the whole presents a uniformand regular appearance. The long Dyak house is built in a straight line, andthe walls and roof are thatched with dried palm leaves.There is a long uncovered verandah where the paddy ^is put out to be dried by the sun ; afterwards it ispounded to get rid of its husk, and so convertedinto rice. Here, also, the clothes and a variety ofother things are hung out to dry. The flooring of thispart of the house is generally made of la

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