Product Description: In writing this book we have aimed at presenting a clear picture of the pagan tribes of Borneo as they existed at the close of the nineteenth century. We have not attempted to embody in it the observations recorded by other writers, although we have profited by them and have been guided and aided by them in making our own observations...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: A description of shore, river, and forest life in Sarawak, by a distinguished civil servant in the Charles Brooke regime.

Product Description: Natural Man describes the customs and beliefs, the arts, crafts, creeds, superstitions, morals, and tribal village lifestyle of the various peoples who inhabited the northern region of Borneo. The author, Charles Hose, was a keen amateur naturalist and anthropologist, recruited to the Sarawak Civil Service in 1884...read more