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" Dyaks immediately off sword and dived down, as poor Limin thought, to clear it, but instead of doing so the wily rascal twisted it firmly round and round, came up to take breath, and then again dived, and again twisted it in divers ways round the stumps;... "
Ten Years in Sarįwak - Page 125
by Charles (Rajah of Sarawak) - 1866
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Natural History of Man: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the ...

John George Wood - Ethnology - 1870 - 888 pages
...breath, ami then again dived, and again twisted it in various ways round the stumps ; he then го-, and said he could not clear it, but asked Limin to try. Limin unsuspectingly took off Ь sword, dived, and, on approaching the surface breathless, the two Dyaks struck and decapitated him...
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The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World: Being ..., Volume 2

John George Wood - Anthropology - 1883 - 860 pages
...firmly round and round, came up to take breath, and then again dived, and again twisted it in various ways round the stumps; he then rose, and said he could...third Malay was persuaded to administer some cure to a Dvak's foot, which was bleeding slightly. While, the Malay was loaning over and looking to the wound,...
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The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo: Based Chiefly on ..., Volume 2

Henry Ling Roth - Borneo - 1896 - 562 pages
...together with the heads of their victims, they departed unmolested to their homes." (Earl, p. 269.) profitable bargain ; they then proposed fishing with...took his head and returned to their boat. A third [sic] Malay was persuaded to administer some cure to a Dyak's foot, which was bleeding slightly ; while...
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