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THE LIAR'S MOUND.

Dyaks, natives of Borneo, are extremely truthful. So disgraceful, indeed, do the Dyaks consider the deceiving of others by an untruth that such is handed down to posterity by a curious custom, They heap up a pile of branches of trees in memory of the man who has uttered a great Ife, so that the future generations may Iqnow pf his wickedness, and take warning from it.

The persons deceived start the tugong bula—the liar's mound—by heaping up a large number of branches in some conspicuous spot by the side of the path from one village to another.

Every passer-by contributes to it, and at the same time reviles the memory of the man who told the lie. The Dyaks, consider the addition to any tugong bula they may pass a sacred duty, the omission of which will meet with supernatural punishment.

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