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petty trade. They rarely settle down on shore, or remain
long in one place, but live in their boats. Indeed they
are the gipsies of the sea in every sense of the word,
and given to pilfering like their namesakes on shore.
The Badjows, Lanun, Balagnini, and Sulus, who inhabit
the north of Borneo and the islands to the north-east are
an adventurous people given to piracy, and, of course, excellent
sailors. The Muruts are the only existing race
of head-hunters north of the capital. The Dusun and
Ivadyans, although formerly head-hunters, have now taken
to agricultural pursuits, and are well fed and prosperous
compared to the Muruts, who, although they clear and
plant the land around their immensely long pile dwellings,
still depend much on their skill in hunting wild pig, deer,
and other game for food. The Dyaks of Sarawak, although
formerly fierce and warlike, are now peaceful and
industriously engaged in seafaring or agricultural pursuits.
The Kayans are still warlike, and a fine race of
straight-limbed powerful people. They formerly inhabited
the country inland near the Limbang and used
to plunder the villages of the Muruts and Sabayans,
hilling the men, and taking the women and children into
slavery. Of late years, however, they have migrated
further south, and their head-quarters are now on the
Baram river. The Lanuns live on the coasts north of
Menkabong, and are petty traders or cultivators. Like
the Badjows, however, they have a lingering aifection for
the sea. The Dusun, who live in the hills further from
the coast, give them a bad character and assert that formerly
they used to steal their children.
Land culture is becoming much more general among
the natives inland than formerly, security of life and property
having also increased. Rice, kaladi, sweet potatoes,
and Indian corn and sago are the principal food