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grown somewhat "civilized" through contact with foreigners. The highlanders esteem themselves (and the lowlanders do not deny it)

GROUP OF MEN FROM THE XXII MUKIMS.
GROUP OF MEN FROM THE XXII MUKIMS.

GROUP OF MEN FROM THE XXII MUKIMS.

braver men than their brethren of the two remaining "angles" (sagòë) of the country. A hero is in common speech as well as in literature, often spoken of as aneuʾ tunòng kruëng= "a son of the upper reaches of the river."

The house and its equipment.In the arrangement of their dwellings there is but little difference between Tunòng and Barōh. The plate and explanation given at the end of this volume show clearly the principal features of the Achehnese dwelling-house[1]. It must be remembered that these houses are com-


  1. The drawing was made by Mr. M. Donk, and I owe the full explanatory notes to Mr. L. J. C. van Es, Engineer.