Feb 10 would taunt those who had not taken a head. When a head was brought in they would play catch with it. Heads were sought among enemies and a woman's a child's head indicated the hunter had gotten in close where there was great risk. Heads were given plenty of food and were treated with respect. Very few white man have been killed for their heads. The country along the coast is subject to flooding. A river may rise and fall many feet. The combination of heavy rainfall, the backing up action of the tide, and the mountainous back country is responsible. Mr. Dickson said he used to criticize the people for building their schools on hills. The soil there is usually poor and the school garden is essential since many students are boarders, there is no place for a playground. Now he has changed his views. The school building is often the only structure that survives flooding and times serves as a temporary shelter following disasters. Indonesia, consisting of Sumatra, Java, east Borneo and W New Guinea, is an unfriendly neighbor. They are engaged, with the help of Russia, in a tremendous military build up which they claim is for defense. Dickson doubts it. Over 100 yrs ago much of the larger animal life had already been destroyed by the intensive hunting of the Dayaks. Although the rhinos is now protected it is a useless law because the Rhino is probably extinct. There are still orangutans, crocodiles (dangerous), clouded cats. There are ostriches, very cobras, fruit bats. Even birds