But the most astounding race of professional murderers are the Dyaks of Borneo.

Dyaks of Borneo,"Lying Heaps.

" Roth cites a correspondent who says: "At this moment there are two Dyaks in the Kuching jail who acknowledge that they took the heads of two innocent Chinese with no other object in view when doing so than to secure the pseudo affections of women, who refused to marry them until they had thus proved themselves to be men.

Carl Bock, like other travelers, testifies to the unvarying truthfulness of the Dyaks in Borneo, and another observant traveler tells of the disgrace that attaches to a lie in that land, as shown by the "lying heaps" of sticks or stones along the roadside here and there.

" "The white man reads," said a Dyak to St. John: "we hunt heads instead."

Roth's sumptuous volume, British North Borneo, gives a life-like picture of the Dyaks from every point of view, with numerous illustrations.

And as one of the main objects of this book is to dwell on the various obstacles which impeded the growth of romantic love, it will be interesting to glance for a moment at the causes which prevented the Dyaks from recognizing the sanctity of life.