CHAPTER XX

THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE OF BORNEO

THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BORNEO: Arrangement of mountains—The geology of the “Mountain-land,” Palæozoic—Mesozoic—the geology of the “Hill-land,” Cainozoic—The geology of the Plains, Quaternary—The geology of the Marshes, Alluvium—Recent volcanic action. A SKETCH OF THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF SARAWAK: Punans—Various agricultural tribes of Indonesian and Proto-Malay stock—Land Dayaks—Kenyahs and Kayans—Iban (Sea Dayaks)—Malays—Sociological History of Sarawak—Chinese traders _Page_ 312-329