Upas Tree.
PubMed · 1846
Upas Tree.-TheDyak Darrat or Land Dyaks, seems to differ in no essetial particular of language or costumes, from the men of the sea, except in as far as depends on their inland position.The only remarkable difference of usage noticed by Mr. Brooke is, that the latter use and the former do not, the weapon called the sumpitan^ or blowpipe, for shooting poisoned arrows.The wounds inflicted by these are curable, says Air. Brooke, by antidotes known to the natives; nor are they re