The home-life of Borneo head-hunters

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Excerpt: ... hackneyed and threadbare as it is among them, is always uttered apparently in the belief that it will be received with all the applause of a novel and brilliant idea. With a wave of his hand toward the roofless rafters, Tama Aping explained, 'This end of the house is occupied by Laki Langit and his children, ' which, interpreted, means, ' Grandfather Sky and his children--the stars!' We had heard the witticism so often that it was hard to force a smile, --but we did. Let him among us, who, in describing 'full dress, ' has never called it ' war-paint' or 'best bib and tucker, ' cas...