[1] “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground” (Gen. ii. 7). In this respect Dyak tradition corresponds with the Biblical account.

[2] Rice in the husk.

[3] Pinang, betel-nut.

[4] Sireh, a kind of pepper-leaf which the Dyaks are fond of eating with betel-nut.

[5] The Dyaks are fond of rhyming names, which often have no special meaning.