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The Malay archipelago : the land of the orang-utan ... - Wallace Online

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150 THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. [CHAP.used on <strong>the</strong> commonest occasions, and a few palm leaves stuckoutside a garden as a sign <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>"pomali" -will preserve itsproduce from tliieves as eftectually as <strong>the</strong> threatening notice <strong>of</strong>man-traps, spring guns, or a savage dog, would do with us.<strong>The</strong> dead are placed on a stage, raised six or eight feet aboveTIMOR MEN. (fro»i o photograjih.)<strong>the</strong> ground, sometimes open and sometimes covered with a ro<strong>of</strong>.Here <strong>the</strong> body remains till <strong>the</strong> relatives can aftord to make afeast when it is buried. Tlie Timorese are generally greatthieves, but are not bloodthirsty. <strong>The</strong>y fight continually among<strong>the</strong>mselves and take every opportunity <strong>of</strong> kidnapping un-

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