 A man then takes the loop up the steps, places his foot in it, and swings off from the top of the ladder, holding by his hands to the rattan. On its returning, another man jumps from the ladder on the swing, sometimes two at a time; and this goes on time...  Ten Years in Saráwak - Page 227by Charles (Rajah of Sarawak) - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Henry Ling Roth, Hugh Brooke Low - Borneo - 1896 - 506 pages
...around them, who were swinging and yelling with every demonstration of lightheartedness and freedom. These swings consist of a stout single rattan attached...season. They often get bad falls during this amusement." (Brooke ii. 226.) Sir Sp. St. John says of these Malanau swings : " One about forty feet in height... | |
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