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.overhe!\ll. The other houses, elevated on posts, these people do not seem to be long-lived. fro~ six to ten feet above the ground, are loug The women marry young. from thirteen to and have II largeplatfol'm inCront; tbey are eighteen years of age, nnd from their hard generally placed in n.ny plIl,ticlllut' ol'der. Tho work soon get old, and good looks, when thcro material is wood i!.nd leClves, the post,s genern.l. are any, lust but a short time. The meu seem ,ly being oC bilian. (iron-wood) 'or Plllm, the to wel\\' better, and many of them are finely floor of split ,bamboo, and tht! roof nnd walls_ made {eHows, and frequently not ill-looking. It wa~ about mid.dav before we starte!1 from .of ~I\go or.nips. palm leuf. The front w!lIIRand ,doors are often mnde-of boar<1Hor of flllttened the pretty village of. Semball, with its fruittrees and playing children, and it was tbree bamboo. 'Here and there the flc-oring- is uot o'clock p.m. before we reaohed the rivor of the over sound, nnd if there iano IIHlttiug down, same uame, on the bftnks of which,' us the sun .cnre is necessary on the pa'rt of the heav.y treading white man to prel'cnt his sudden dis. got low, we encamped. While the dttn,qall WClS nppeClrnnce amongst the pig~ and their flUh being mhde, I spread ont my mat on u'bil-(stono .below, The rooms all open on II Ion!!, covered in the bed of the river, and attempted to reaa vcrandah (the atlJaclt), where the paddy is my papers Clnd~moke a pipe; but my expeete,t .pounded into rice, and were the feasts 81HI enjoyment was not realized, for, in the lir~t dl\nce~ I\re beld. Out~ide thiR vemndah iE the place, my lllot kept slipping down the slopin~ Jm'ge open platform,clIJled -thejunglwl', which rock with myselfupon -it, ond secondly, soveruL 1 havc oCten mentiollcd before; ou this the waspy lookiug inse cts kept me in II perpetnul stnte of olarm,l\DJ so 1 retired to tho dan'fllit .paddy is dried previous to pounding, and there, for the night, ' of a moonligbt evening, I.he peopl~ are apt to 'congregate. Each room is about twelve feet ~l'oad,. aud double that length. Thcre is a 'CHAPTER VI. (arge window M the back; this is part of the thatch, as it were, the upper portion 'beiug MIIY 25tlt.-(contintted, j hinged to thtj sloping -roof, nnd thc iowcr pn'l't We Clre now literally in tho jungle, some .lifte'd up in the day. time, and supported by a. miles from any htiman habita.tion, ill a eentml stick, The cooking.pla.ce, witll a pile of fireposition bet wecn Sernban and Trill,ql/N, 'rho wood over it, isjust inside t-be door; at the Car valley is brond, to the Routh lies t:le SeraltJI,fl .end, near the window, is a slightly rn.ise,t plat. n10Ulitaiu, whioh forms the boundlll'y of l_hj~J form, where ~trangers nl'e I\sked to sit. clelLn pl\l't of ~al'aw(/Ic, and givliis source, IHn()n~"t white mats Leillg first laid down; in t,he ga.rret othel' ri vel'S, to those of Sttmbas a.nd ,'J'i-/(aYlwl, overhcad, the rice and goods of Ihe fllmily are the last fl owing into tho great Rap/la", whicll stowed; the gongs hang on ono ~ide of the n Dneh WI\r.steaUlel' froDI Pnntiallak Illtely rooUl, nnd helow them thciamily j~lrs are rangnscendod some 600 miles. To tho north is tho -ed, and on the walls are suspended various Si-Bul1{fO range. beyond which arc S~l'alllbo. .articles of npparel, arillS, swords) spears, &0, Bauh, Helidah FOl'!, &0. It rises with gra, If you lire 'entering tbe village you ma.y see dual slopes, and is covered by :tn untou<:!JCd The "goodwife" anti her daughtel' poullding forest up to the peaks, which 1I1\\'0 au eleVlI' nWllY at the paddy, and it is evident tbe fortion of a.hout 8,000 feet.. mer knows. if it is not done, sbe and het' May 26tft. --Betimes in the 1IJ0ming we were family will have to ~tarve 011thc monow, And ou th~ move, and leaving Our night'H rctreat_, there comos bel' hu!.baud from 1\ hunting pluuged again into the old jUlIgle; 'the palh, .expedition, 01' from ~ome distllutjnngle eIplo. a.lthough ueither' much frequented 1101' well rution, during which he hl\s been cl100~ing 1\ defined, WM, on the whol~, fnir, for the ulldel" place 1'01'his neIt yeal"s farm; and that little growth w ns DOt so thick 11."to make it II llJllLter boy with h:m, htJ is hardly old onolTgh to help of pushin g, cutting, f~nd dragging to get ttlon~. '.bis Cather ou the fnrm. So think you, my '1'hel'e was a eonsi del'llble number of tin" civilizo:nder, to the house, !IDd she has I-,orne uu~il we reached a ridge, which eepm'ates till' great weights of firewood, which would h.we castcrn and westel'u waters. From it we look, beuL your hILI'Iedouble long ago, for tbese forty ed bllek upon the broad valley along which We yeMs p""t, Yet she has been ha.ppy in her hnd been travelling. l'he length of this vCllley work, and sbe i~ the mother of' the '.J.JatrulIin muy be teu 01' twelve miles, with lID !\verago tbe ver~ndah, and the grllndmothol' of those breadth of two 01''three; its lay isE.N.E, t\ucl little urchins rolliug and kicking a.bout Oli W.S,W, We tben CODJmeaced a gradual destbe fioor there, and laughing and crying in the cent, and SOOnfOllnd ourS€lves in another valley. very slLwe way that all children piny, nnd laugh. 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in the morning. Presently we met two 7','in,qu3 Dyaks, one being tbe Pangara of the tribe, a little, well-spoken man, with an immense head. He had come to meet us, and to condnct us to tbe village, had donned his best jncket, 8Qd carried a spear; bEsides this, he had two f!reen cocoa-nuts, which were truly accepta.ble at that moment. I was not 10Dgin finishing tbe contents of one, and then, pl'eceded by the little mnn with the big bead and long spear, we marched on in state. The Pangara. had, ",hen II little boy, been ta.ken by a Sambas Malay of rank, and brought up in his fo.mily, probably, a~ is usually the C1I.80, doomed to futuro slavery, or£the plea thnt he bad been fed by his benefador for so many years. This was when the Tringus tribe (then located on tbe frontier) was a.lmost a.smu~h lindeI' the jurisdiction c,f Sambas as Sarawak. Wben, howevet', the Pallgara. began to grow (it must have been in breadth, for assuredly bis beight is by no means remarltnble), he also began to open his big solemn eyes; his understanding was enlightened, ond one fine day he wa., "missing." Like a wise little man, he returned to his native village, and ip course of time his wisdom and experience elevated him to t.he high and distinguished office of Pan[!ara of his tribe. As we proceeded the ,'a.lley gl'8dually nar'rowed, the river Pidi rusbed wildly down be~ween the hills, the trees were large and stately, aqd indeed the scene was more. highlandpass-like than anything I ha.d yet seen in these ports: The path was dangerous, being merely a kinClof ledge on the steep hill-side, and we hOodto tread very carefully over the slipPol'Y' moss-covered trees thnt :years ago ha.d been felled to serve as pathoS. After crossing over from c;>neside of the glen to the other, w'e had to go down some'terribly steep and dangerous ladders, and had the day beeu rainy intead of sunny, our descant might pel'haps ba.ve been more preeipitnte than was desirable. One of tbess ladders wns, I should think, 120 feet in length, and it spanued an awful-looking chasm between two masses of rock. Nowand then we got 1\peep through. the dense foliage of a caScade, foamiug and roaring amidst the huge rocks; but a.stime pressed we pushed on, fOI' the PangaTa informed me we wel'e yet "onand-a-half cookings of rice" (or about three quarters oLan hour distant) from the village. Aner this we passed Oil, amid a. number of tapangs and Dyak fruit.trees, The tapnng is the largest tree in these parts, sometimes measuring 120 feet to tbe first branch, aud 16 or 18 feet in circumference. It is very handsome iu appea.rauce, and has light crsen lea.ves, which, with its euormous size, makes it easily distinguishable from the rest of tbe jungle trees, even at a. great distance. The willi bees always hive on the tapangs, whioh are, therefore, considered of great va.lue by the Dyaks. who collect the wax and honey from thei,' busy inha.bitants. I have seen as many as thirteen bees' nestb banging to the branches of oue ta.pnng tree. By means of a ladder made of sma.ll sticks, stuck into the U'unk of tbe tree, with long bamboos tied to their outer ends, the light a.ctive Dya.ks geLright up ~o the tops oC these giants of the forest. It i! marvellous ho\v they succeed, for rarely does

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one he!l.r of fatnl accident.s occllrring in consequence. The honeycomb is ~ecured thus:The man shakes 1\ lighted brand over the nest, and the bees flyaway after tbo sparl\~, or are scared by the firo. The Dyak then pllt~ the comb in the hRsket, which he almost invariably slings o"l'er his shoulders, and de~. cends with the prize. The state of tbe pflth now indicated constant use, and nbont two o'cloolt p.m. we came out upon the charmingly situated "il1nge of TI'in,qu... This, for 0. D)'l\k villago, is hoth clCflHnull pretty; it is situated on a hill about 1,000 foet high, and fa.ces tbo beautiful pa!'s before dcscribed. Anothel' glen, through which the SiRim au (Tiger river) flowp, lie~ immeolintely to the south. Tringu3 is therefore at the ClItrance of this two passes, nnd their streams. rushing down, join their water~ just below tho hill on which the village is sitnMetl, /\nd, when united, form the rigbt-hand hrn.uch of the Sa. rawak river. . Tringus is not a large tri'>e, havinl( but fortj.{our fumilies, but the people seem hnp1'y al)(1 well off. I liked the look of both tbem nnd their village. Great excitement prevlliled ovel' t.he variolls prerara~ious for t.he fenst, o.nd tl1(1 band, under a shed 'ou tbe }UlI{/hal', struck up. and continued giving forth occasionnl notes of joy until II.late hour, At night we llad n.gooll deal of Becltara, in reference pl'incipally to the dema.nds made upon one tribe by anotllel' for cel'bin fines 0" debts iu nclmowlodgement of supposed victoriuos gnined in the olden timc, It appears thnt formerly, wben II pnrty of nn)' tribe took some hends from nnother, not content with that, they must neeels demnlHIcertaill gongs and ja.rs from them, iu acknoldedgement of their haviug been defeated, ThiM\Va>,I auppose, looked upon in the light of 0. tl'ihllte, Some old I\ffairs luwe thus heell rnked IIp of Inttl. I do not know wbethel' I.be demand..; have commenced with tbe Sambas 0" Sara walt Dynks, but at any rute, oue tribe making such a dema.nd upon another, causcs the lattcr, ill ordel' to get the wherewi thlll to PIIY, to rcmembe,' some old feud and successful onslaught on It third tribe, and .so the wheel is sot iu motion afte.r baving been at a stand.still fol' ~'ears. I have put a timely SLOpto all this. I reminded them of the time when there wal! no fostering government, when 110man's life 01'property was seeure, and interminable wlLr and rapine were tbe consequencesj how tbo white man ca.mej how all the Dyaks had mnd" peace one \Vith another, and ha.d kill~d pigfl and feasted in celebration thereof, and how nil feuds were nolVat an end, and pence a.nd happiness and plenty the order of the day; not even" Serrah" ("forced trade.') had they complainedof, when interogated. I told them tbnt now to open up old C8!eSof this description, to open afresh the old woun~1tbat wa.s healed, and to caU$e "sakit half' ("ill blood"), was I~ great sin, and I concluded by threatening them with heavy fines, if they repeuted. tbis serious offence, and warning them of tbe consequence:! should death or war cnsue from their pro. ceedings_ Tbis mattel' over, I bad the unpleasant task of unmaking two chiefs. A few years IIgonil O,'ang Kaya and 1\,Pal/[!arawere installed by the Rajah, IInd ~0011aftenvnrd~ 1\Mllla~.,wllU

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l!'i'f FEBRUARY,

1886,

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2.00 custom of bis predecessors, appointed 1\second Seoond and Third insertion each. 1.00 Subsequent do do - 0.60 nrang Kaya and a second Pallgara lit (he said), Ad'gertisement of a Column and under, t.heir own request. In addition to tbese, tbere First insertion . - 8.00 wns an old Orang Kaya, and as tbesefive Second and Third insertion e!?eh . 1.00 -cbiefs did not act together, ~t was a ca.se of do, do 0.75 --- Subsequent "too many cooks," and t,bere w!'re complaints of too many Becharas,and much lack of unity. NOTICE. I had tbel efore to "cquaint the Malay-made IN BE GHEE SOON & CO., OF SARAWAlt, BORNEo., chiefs that I could not call them by their titles. 11THEREAS Low Yong Joo and Low Yong Rin, sonll, One of them took it perfectly well, but the n and Coheirs of the late Low Ken Tiam, deoeased, "other, who was n brother of the proper Orang acting under Power of Attorney, dated Swatow 1st July Kaya, looked somewbat black, I thought, 1885, have by D€ed of Agreement dated Kuching, Sa. rawak, bth Ootober 1885, relinquished all right, titles tbougu be said little. I told them that of coune and claims of whatsoever nature in ~he following,tirms, they woul,l be admitted into Beclwras (\s eiders viz:of house~, but that I only knew tue chiefs who Ghee Soon & Co., of Kuching. Sarawak, had been properly installed, and who were the Nee 'l'aem Tye .. 'J Soon' Heng " responsible men, aud mouth-pieces of the tribe. Nee Soon 'rsan 'fhe nij?ht was beautiful, and the.moon a.t its l<Jboon full, and brightly it shone on tbe junglcar, as Swee N~e the people annced, gracefully waving' their 'l'iong Ghee Ann .. nrm~. Buan Soon of TegorO: !lnd Leang Heng of Swatow, China, May,27/h'.-After' completing our work in notice is hereby given that the interests of the above. tbe morning, most of our t.rain started for Gummentioned Low YonI' Joo and Low Yong Sin in the bang, while I took 1\walk up the vJ.lley of Si. abovementioned tirms c~used on October Mh 1885. Rimau lo see the lay of the land, and .to gAt NGEE SIANG. CHAP HEE. bearings of the hills in the vicinity, as they marl, our frontier in that direction. I had FOil GHEE SOON & CQ., &c. fonr DYllk~and one Maiay wiIh me, 'ani! \Vc~ followed the path some ~wo miles. 'I'he valley THE LATEST AMERICAN is extremely pretty, though not so highlnuclINVENTION. {,:lcn-likeas the puss \\'c clime through ypster. dll)'. Retrncing our steps 10 1'ringus, we startTHE VICTORYOF ELECTRICI'l'Y; cd for Gumballl/. OUI' wnl!t lilY across severA.l Sino'e Eleotricity has been applied for lil!hting pur. tributary streams of the Sa/'~wtlk, ant! over poses, all effort,s of inventoYA have been directed to constrn t a In.mp for genel'al domestio use. The reason spurs of hil1~, more or less cultivated. We why this problem',hi\s.til)' now not been solved. iA that were now gmdul\lly changing from a really mountainous district to on6 h>ss hilly, ant! ve& none \)f the in ventors ooull1 rid themselves of the idea of gas lighting, and that all h,we adhered to the system that extensive tract lying to the ntrthwani of of produoing the Electrioity In some oentral plaoe, or 118,nnd extending to the sea, hus many Itwge by lurg~ machinery, instead of tirst laying down the principal that a Lamp which should ever beoome gen. IDo'untains nnd is extremely uuduluting, until useful and popular, must, .be portable, \ilee an :'ou get. wiLh a few miles of the coast, ant! erally Uld Lnmp, ond oontain the generator of Electricity in then therc A.relarge tracts of /lat land, coverell itself, i. e., in the foot of the Lamp. 'l'be Norman Eleotric Light Co. has at last suoceded with .inn~le 0\' mangrove swa.mp, nnd intersccted in nil directions with rivers I\ud strcA.m~, iu completely re,ali7.ing this idelll of EI~ctrio Lighting, Imd there is no doubt that this most important inven. but the district we were leaving was essential. will bring' about a oomplete revolution in all oranohe8 Iv mountainolls, BOmuch so that I dnl'c sav ill tion of lighting. ' ~ tract of country fifteen by twenr,y.fil'e mlle~, Our Eleotrio Lamp neeels neither Machinery Concluo.,

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joyed what few luxuries I had not prll.ted with. ~1y pipe lit, Bnd my mouth moistened with some sherry, I entered int::>conversation with my DYA.kfriends, nud we talked away for some time. -So imngine'tls all 8t.retched in the g,'ass under the shllde of the trees, the salOke ascen. ding, and make ul> yom' mind us well as you cae to listcn to 0111'cbnt. To be COlllil!1ted.

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tors. nor any expensive outlay, and is neither compU.. cuted, nor. disagreeable in manipulation; all that i, necessary is to re.fill it every four or five days with IIcid. The oost of lfghting tOill be as cheap as gas (f cents per hour), and it has before the latter the im. mense advantage of neither produoing heat, smoke nOf carbonic acid, owing to which the air is not impured" and remains at the same degree of temperature. It i,' further. absolutely inodorous, and does not need to b, kindled by matoh or otherwise, hut simply by turnin( the key, thus avoiding all danger of Ih'e. explosion Of sutTooution, ns in the case of gas, if the key is leff open: 1111d it must be oonceded that this advllntage alon, is invaluable. It is further preferablll to IIny known!, kind of lighting for the following reo.sons: (I.) Its mn.nipulation is so simple that any child 01111 leeep it in order. . (2.) Thn.t the Lamp is portable, nnd oan be removed' like any Oil Lamp, hom one pla,ce to anothe!'. (3.) That it neither reqnires the disn.greeable fixinl of the wiok, or the cleaning of the oylinder, as in tb, oase of Oil Lamps. (4.) That the light pr,;clnoed is a soft nnd most stelld1 one; thr.t it no\'or facJeers, aud tho flame, though b.. ing equal in power of I.ighting to gas, oan be regulat to 'any degree. (5.) 'l'~e very danger of fire is absolutely e",cludelli as the light will extinguish immediat~ly, if by an' acoident the glass surrounding the burner should broken, (6.) That it will burn, OVODin the stroD6est win

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wh.'n I think of the necessary ontlay, II.ndof bn.d II.lrenay been plnnted?t Probn.hly, nu.ler the difficulty, of procuring either money or 'IIny circnmstance~, the work will pl'O~reBS "low. tllen fit.ted fOI' the wOI'k, I greatly fear that I Iv: it did so in noeS Ilone hv.. it w:.~ veal's mII.,\'never see my projeot carried ant. Luckibe~ol'e St, Angngti~e Wae "ucc~,sful .unou'\! r.h., Iv t.he missionaries we ho.v.~remuining hero Saxon8. The missi011'\l'ies iu tIle islt\llds of I.he ;I'e good meu Rondtl'ue, and their coadjutors Pllcific, and Rot TillneveHy, in Southern IlIdilL in ~uch a settlement as the above would reo (w ich of 11.11 the PI'OIE;,4ILntmi:,sious is pel" quire 10be Ionrd.workiuj!', healthy, lal'ge.mindhll.ps the mosr. succe:,sful), laboured 1'01'ion({ I'd men, who have uo oDject.ion to "1'oughi'l1g before their efforts m,,1 with much l'ewILI'(1; il;" lIot lIIen injllJicioll~ly zealous, nor yot Itnd itS it hn.s b('en el>ewhol'e, so 1t i~ likely 1.0 like Mrs. Jellyby's friends, who went about be in Borneo. Copst:tnt interconrs~, however, weepiu\! Ilnd It\lllenting (01'the poor lost Afri. ,between 'D)"ILksancl even olle mis,'ionlll')', if be cnns. Had I heen in Miss Jellyby's position, be well ~ttited for n.lld illtere,tell iu his work, I should mosl. oertainly bave echoed hel' <:ele, must, nfter almost. imperceptiblc stllges, end brnte,d speech, "I wish Afdco. was dead 1"

;0 the production of g"oel; but I h:t.ve a notiou thn.t ~ouceutl'l1.tj()n, I\S ill I.he rnis,ions of the CHAPTER VIII. middle nge~, Rolleliu m'Lny of the Romall Cutho' lic ones, woulJ be 1\ quicker ILDda better mo.le May 27th-(contillued.) of p,'oceedin!!, than plnDtin~ widely sepn1'lLr.eJ OUR pn.rty has appnrent1y been 0. long timo statiODs wil.h bllt olle mlm lit e.\ch, and there. stretched iu the !-(l'aSS,and in reality we might fore the plan to be prefened und ",,!opte,L blwe walked half It dozeu timos betweem Let us pick ou t a 5tMion nmollgst the Dyaks; Tri1lquII alld G1lmbaTl!1while J have been writ. some prett.y spot near II.vilhlge, far a\VlI.yfrom iD~ tbe IU8t (,huptpr. Fatigued nnd weary, we any Mn.II\Yor Chinese town. Sllppose thi~ 8pOt lIl'l'ived at tht! It\tter plt\ce, where we foltnd the to be the locality of 0. mis~iol1 previonsly snc. I'eat of onr pllrty in II ~l1lall balei, or stopping. cessful, Pl1ch for iDHanoe as that of Hunting or plaoe, built nen.r the vilh\ge as a Inud-mltrk, LUlldu; or suppose it to he in thl\t splendid n.nd lit foul' o'clock p.m. wo hnd brellidast flud valley throngh which we pnssed up tho coun. (lirmer combined. Here I found the men from trv, Denr .seJ1lbal~ and its be.\utiful wnterfnll my boat witlHI. fresh supply of Pl'oviaions I\nd (I~d the penked rangc; and thcn supposo r.hn.t a packet of letters from Belitlah, Gumballg, fl.t cither of the~e pluces a 'misoiioulLI'Y sel.tle. which i~ l1\so olllled (;UI/Ollq ,~pi. or Firo MOUl)!., roeDt was establish~d.-im~giue it ~mdlln.lly nno help in venera.tion by both !lIlIln)'s (In(l sturted. under Ihe auspi('cs of a tricd princip.t!. Dvaks for somo renBon unknown to me, is I\nd with him some illLlf-dozcu missionaries ~i~uated on a AllUr of the hill of tbe ~Itme name"~ flud catechi"ts, .dong with schoollU:t.ster and It was here thut we It\tely had a di~pl1te with mistress, nn(\ ,orne twcnty or Ihiny of the the S"mba3 Itllth01'ities IIho11t the boununrv nlready converte(l Chinese and other \'oy" from line, l\IId where I n.rl'estou a I'elllt,i:>n of the Sui. the schools of Sal'awalc, &c; sltppose aglLin, tlln of Saillbas, who WIlS cutting- 0. road into I.hey'had working tools, IIlHl inst\'l\ctors in onr ten'itory, At that timo I deoided, along forming', cal'penl.el'ing bluck-mith',; 1'1'01'1.,and with Mr. H.., 1\ surveyor of minemlF, that thu 8uch.like-thut they bllilt their OWII honses, \'Illnge was on the ridge ~epllrating the two grew 'their own rice all au improved pl'i 'Oiplll, wlLters, the Sambas nnd Sal'au'ak, the sOllroos that they bred their own CfLttle, nn'u tbn.t they of which lire Dot 0. hunched yords IIPQl't, Rnd chose their tnilol'~ nn(l anizaus from nl110llgst jllj;t behind tho villl\ge, One.hlllf of the houses themsE'hos; suppose it, ill fact. fLUiLJ,llts~rilll was then.fol'o in S'amb".~, nnd tho oLher hn.1i mi.sion, sitch I\~ WIIS ILllllPtc,l by the once very sltcrcssful .Jesuit missionaries in 50mh in S"l'a'/lJ(1k territory. On aecount of the disAmericn. Let all thi's be eSl'Lblished, 01' even pnto, MI'. Brooke (who was ILdministeriuil, tho commenced, would it not he the tille WilYto gnvernmellL) Aent M". R. HIlY all(l myself to Sambas Ie: ('onfer wilh the Dutoh aUlhol'ities go ahead? The Inll(l 11\11)'be got fOI'nothing, nud the MllltlY Sult.tu, the Intter nn illmn.nlJer. the princip,d exren~e would be in c:()al'ing ed puppet of the former. It wos then agreed it., un.] in p.\ying the stnff. hltt I can imlq!inl1, th"t we ~honld abide (Q~ is uSllal) by. the run 11rOSpectively, of such a scheme being c:lrried of the waters, until II commission was ap. out, a pictUresque vill.Lge, with it.s ohurch, poiUte.1 to aet.tle tht! matter 6nl\lIy, We also school, pastltl'lLj!e /luJ rands, and from which deeided thl\t the GUlllbal1g Dyaks shollld be ~mlll\ pnrties wOlild d'Lilv i..sue to pursue their a\low~d timo to remove from their douhtful work amongsr the neig};houl'ing trIbes. With poaitiolJ, where they lived without benefit to such II pln.ce (saY'/H Semball) the slIrl'oun.\ them81J1ve~. under DO government at 11.1],yot ing tribes would bl'decrees become civilisod, it would be the nucleus (If 11gradulllly increas. pl\)'ing a smull rice tax to both SQ7'awuk and Sambas, thus cllu~ing much complicn.t.ion, ing ~ettlemelJt, with puwel' cnou!!h jn it~elf to stund its own ground, while it beeame 0.181) They were told that they could go to which. ever sid~ thev likl'd, and, the settlemt:nt ought to become self. supporting' iu a few YOllr8. deu to (arm oD the othel' side. It is quite out 'l'his is II very favourite illea of mine; hut of plo.re here t.o euter upon political qnestions; 8uffice it t.o sa\', I now foulJd the whole tribe t 1863 1 am gla.d to SlIYthat a staff of new mission. . setlled SOme 800 )'lIrds on our 6ide of the franatties has arrived iu Sal'atCak, and that they have been tiE'r, and when I cbllffed them about it, ILnd seut to reinforce tac missioD,.ries a.t the old statoDs, 1I~I\ed them wbythey did 40t go to the fambas 80 that 80me part of my spscl1lu,Live plan ie ip Sotair 1111)'of being realised. . bille, they !:Iu,id,"Dvu 't talk to u~ ~bout Samba;;

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we like S(I. ebere." A Due, mall! works at ]j my Ma!ay had come' Djaks hl\
the Hen,l : they

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JDg lts au' it to me. papel', and traltd LO/l H.M.S, ": Buasian we pie were rt ~nntt'\'. aJ it; but'J be ahey hnrl I' Jco.l )'iel, 1hrelLlene
:hey bad. ptiinJr, if . month 11.1

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_~Iu rhen Kt in 811chI Jiy umari"f, jag "privnt ilaek'l!roult kill Chinnll nlractor>' ) ue afraid ( JIeC,allowed A IlIl'ue ~ the'vil wr II.loull ~ in 8uch I w:em dan( £::Jiry, nn ahonght, in itj, aC}'Lhin ri6n;

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a.nd or ley or that I Lucid~ here Ij utors uld reo .mindughi-ng lor yet

...e like Sllrnwllk, becnuse we o.re uC't bnllied As evening drew on we' loolt up our qun.r. t(lrs in /'a-Molony's house, lhe hou~es were there," At GWI/ban!! I fOllud som3 fifty Cbi. D~e, mOl'tlv rllnltWIIV debton {rom thp. !lold new, a\l(1 groul1'd III'Olllld wus strewed wilh works at BU'8U, Bait/I; and Bidi. ..lbang Jali, !re.hl)'.Cel;ed trees; Ihe )'oun!!, jungle was ODlj' Plll'lially CUt down, nllli the whole bRd an unmy MaIn}' collector' for, the It,ft.hand brnucb, ti,ly uppea. uuce, The chiefs WHO yoam!!, uDd bad come with orders to stop them, which the .here was cOllfusioll nnd wunt oC management »yaks hnrl alrcn.dy done, and I fOllud them in ill evel'j'lhing, fltlG allogether 1 uid not think the Heud Honse, ~1\III'ded by Dy'n k8, When much oC tbe peoplo liS n tribe, I'a-Afolon,q. dley firH ani verl they were n.,ked for rhei., Ihe chief, was 1111ill'looking fellow, but in pa~es. Oue ~'l\Sgi ve:1to the D)'llks. .vho, douht. reality he waij hetlel' tun.n he looKed, aud, ing its nurheuticity, kl'pt it, IInd IWW han,led whnt is more, could I\Ctlially tulle Chill ese-a it to me. It wa~ ell\'olopetl ill wl1ch bl'own IVollllrouF accompli~hmellt for II Dyule, He ho.d papel', Rntl turned out to be II sheet of t.h~ lillt,.. b-altd LOlli/Oil Sew,. of 185'1, wilh u lJicture of only lately retlll'lIed Crom Lhe capital 01' Sara.. wak, whither .I hlLd selll. him to he tren.ted for H.M.S, "~i;lol1" firing the first shot in tho BQssian Will', I was pllzzled uS to wby t,hese pe:>~ n skin di~elwe he 'WIlSsuff"rillg' {rom, This com. plaillt,iR (~ommon nmongst t.he Dj'lIk@, nnd is pie were runnill!;! A.wuyto II.11100'ehenvily.lllxecl problluly the rc~nlt ot IInwholesome diet, Thia eonntr)', nn,1 snspeckcl something }Joliticnl in H; but I believe now the reld rtm~on wus, thnt remiud8 me of 1\ £tory thl\t wns I'eluted to one obey hnfl rcceived uclvlll1ces lIud hall IIOt hud oCour clergymen by II /-jalow Dyak, and which JOO
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ued,) ng time e might etweem )U writ'ury, we und the opping. d-murk, fast nnd 11mf" I ions. J Imballg, 1 Monnl, II)'S II.ncl me, is Ie name, 11te with ou nunrv the Sui:oad into jd, nlong that thu the two 3 sOllroos JOI't, Illld

:e houses 'thel' hl\li , the dis. eri nl!.the myseH to Ithol'ities Iml1.nuer. ,n ngreed y th9-\:ul1 WII p.

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!hould be douhtful benefit to ,t 011,yet 'awClkand plient,ion, to which. would not ut which. 'oa]d hnve be forbid. quite out questions; hole tribe f tbe {ronut it, und 1e Sambas t Samba&j

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T'RE SARAWAK GAZA'rTE, 1ST APRIL, 1886. 1L11dwomen came with their hawk.b/)lls, and I 'found that Iliad on less tbun thir~y.five tied on 'my wrists, when I got to the foot of t.he

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annoyed with thill

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to me to be spoiled and disobliging. I fonnd, also, they had been paying shol.t revenue, which, 80Sthey are WE'lloff, I put a stop t.o. Chinese moved. The men were going back One sees curious effects as the first resul ts without wives, children, or '>aggage, which I of intercourse between barbarian and oivilized knew meant a very short stay with us; bowever, in time, we got them off in ~harge of a. races. These people, ha.ving seen a good deal of Europeans, principally those connected with small party of Malays. The Chinamen had the antimony mines, and ba"ing" been accusnu al'IDS, 'Saving a few swords, but most of tomed to get pre sents of clothing and tobacco, them were fO'Undto bave ranjoTVs concealed &c., froln them, ha.ve got into a bad habit abOllt them; tbese they probably meant to stick of begging, which, however Datural, is by DO in the ground, in cape they had to run for it, means exousahle, for tbey are really well off. in ordel' .to wound tile feet and so impede the progress of their pnrsuers. Ranjows or to1..aks, The wants of Dyaks are few, a.nd none Deed complain of rf'al poverty; as a rule, none of I ought to say, are small pieces of bamboo or the Dyaks in this oountry of luxuriant vegetanibong palm,wl odabout a foot long a.nd cut tion know what starvation 01' the want of a very 1!harp at both ends. Dyr.ks use these in coat is, seeing that for the latter, at all j3vents, warfare, tlticking them in the ground a.mongst there is no need here. Indeed I have often long grass or shrubs; anyone treading on them, unless he be protected with a strong shoe, is told both Malays and Dyaks that they have DOidea what it is to be poor; Done can but likely to have an u~ly hole drilled into his foot. After a walk of an hour nnd a half we arri v. those who have beheld the aqualid wret:Jhes who infest our over popul~ted oities. Another ed at Pangkalan Si Bultt, the lnnding'plor.e. resu 1t of this interoourse is a want of.that ci. Here we found our boat, which. had lately arrived from Belidalt Fort.' Near Si Hulu vility and hospitality which the Dyaks ordinathere were, before the insurrection, some Chi. rily display. . . Soon after arriving at j{rokong the Malays l1esogold workers. The6e people, who were in charge of the Chinese came in, and reported part of the same kongsi (or oompany) who worked at Balth, Siniawan, &0., and who rose that several 01 the latter bad givon tbem the against the government, had made a ven fn.it. slip and gone baok towards Sambas. May 80th,~I had a. delicious bathe in the road, probably in order to provide a retreat into Sambas, in oose of a failure in their river, and, while I was dressing afterwards, attack; and this turned out to be a good move C. came I'ushing up from tbe river, in a very disturbed state of mind. The fact was tha.t, of theirs, for had it not beeu for the road, tbe while bathing, he had discovered a great brute Dyaks would probably have out off many of a borse.leech, three inch~s in length at more tban they did, a.nd two thou saud of the rebels would not have e~caped. But perhaps least, with a bite like tbe sting of a wasp, fastened on to one of bis legs, and which, would it was 80S. wl'\l1 that they did so; tbe lesson not come off; the application of a little salt, taugbt them was sevel'e enoujrh. and the loan of a Dyak knife, however, secured After a. stay of a f&wminutes at Si Bulu, I him the victory ovel' his bloodthirsty foe, and got into my boat, and leaving the Chinese his equanl mity Wasspeedily restored. with a party of Malays, started down the rtver. It was particl}llIrly dry, and instead of To be continued. --' '~'.~'getting to the Sauh village of K1'okony in two or three bours as I expected, we did not get Correspondenoe. over half the distance in that time. Night To tn, Edit01' of the "Sarawak Gazette." bad now come on, aud the men were wea.ried with hauling the boat over the shallows, so SlR,- Might I, with all dif~I'eDce, suggest we stopped by tbe side of ~ gravel bank, to to the Gov. that steps should be taken to re. cook, eat, IInd sleep. Soon, a cheerful fire duce our stook of m,'ngrels, which at tbe pre. blazed up; our saucepans wel'e placed on the' sent time has increased to a wonderful extent.. lOp of it, and lifter a. very good meal C. retir. A great many of them are anything but ed for the night to the boat. while I placed a "fair to see,", a.nd the amount of bal'king and kadjan[l. over my mat and pillow, which I howling that goes on, day and nighi, ill most bad spread out on the gravl'\l, where I passed distracting and annoying, besides which, if a. most comfortable night. Before falling one takt:s into oonsidera.tion that our hot sea. asleep I hnd heard, repeatedly, tbe pla.intive son will soon commence, 'it might be advisa.. scream of the plandok from tbe surrounding ble to mi~imise as much as possible our risk in the case of hydrophobia IIhowing itself, an jUllgle. These bea.1.ltiCollittle mouse
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A kadjano is a double.leafed mat of nipab palm Jeave6 used for an awning. Ilnd wbicb, on ocollsions. may placed on ita ends. IU;Id GO m~de to form ~u el' tempore hut.

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Yours obediently, . p, W. Kuching, Maroh 16tb 1886.

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THE SARAWAK GAZE'r'rE, started' by boa.t for Lubok; Antu Mcomp&nied by the Resident of the di1ltrict. Marup pengkalanw8.a reachad the ume evening, but in conseque nee of a fresh in the rinr' the boats only reachedLubok A.ntu on Sunday morning, 'and here aga.in a large number of Dyaks had a.ssembled.A.ll

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truly venerable aspect and deport themselves with much dignity. Simanggang was 'reached the next day at noon, and 0D: the following (Wednesday) morning an early sta.rt was made for .Lingga which place was" reached about noon, and shortly afterwards H.H. the Rajah left :inthe I

\vere present including many of those who were la.st yea.rattacked at Kedang, but who are now peaceably living on tbe banks of the main river. . In the evening of the same day H.H. the Rajah and the Hesident of Batang Lupar rode on ponies to somA distance past the frontier on the road to Badau which is only 4t miles from .Lubok Antu station, but the ponies were brought to a standstill by the absence vf any bridges on thc Dutch side; and so the last mile was done on foot. Bada.u was reached at 5.30 p.m. and after calling on the Control~ur (Mr. VD.nVelthuysen), and meeting the Military Gon}[~1andantM. de Jeer, I\ud

1sT AUGUS'l', 188','.

Alineaccompanied by.the Resident of Batang Lupar, and anchored at the mouth of the Saribas the same evening. On TbursdltY morning His Highness went on sbore

at pU'sa ~nci the-

.,HiTlethen steamed up to Baripg \vhero boats were, awaitiing to convey His' Highness to Betong, and after waiting for the first rush of the tide to pass by Fort I.Jili was re!\ched at 6 p.m. and Bis Highness the Hajah inspected tho pepper gardens which.have latel~..been opened up hern by the Chinese. There are abollt three tllOusatld'vines well up and looking' healthy, 'and other' garcleIH;will RI)f)rtlybe opened. It is hoped that hel'ore long these pla~ltations will be largely extended. the Medical Officer(M. Haupp) a plea~ 'At t\ meeting held in the Fort seve!'al santride back by moonli~ht followed, Chinese fitated ~heir intention of openandtLubok Antu was ref\ched at 8 p.m. ing coffee plantations as well. In passil1~ o.'er some oJ tue hills, the --Our Notes. soil 'Wasof a dark chocolate color, as I is seen in .TnrA.. Samples of this were DURINGa visit of inspection in Upsent for ih. the morning flnd will be per Sarawak the Uesident was OCCllkept for Mr. Gibson's inspection, in pied in enquiring iuto the question of reference to tobacc') culture. water supply raised some few months A number of palmB' and cocoanuts ago between the Borneo Coy. Limited ,~JI,d been planted along the. side of and the Shn,k Lung Mun Gold Co. --theroad to"afford a refres}Jing shade In the hte settlement of the matter to the jaded traveller, but the Dyak' the Borneo Co. Limited undertook to travellers. along the road have hitherto erect ,rater ways of biliall to repla.ce mistaken the object of these plauts some ditches destroyed by the gold I

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cocoanuts thought tiULttuey wer.e put water from which should flowthrough there for immediate use. So there the Gold Co.'s works, and on to those are now few left, but the remnants of of the Borneo Co.~s the Gold Co. havmany may be seen in placp.swhere they ing the use of it on its way but not have been demolished by passers by. in any way to divert the ,vater. After a big meeting of all the Dyaks ,. rrhere being a t.endency on the. part in Lubo.k AntuFort on Monday 4th, of the' Chinese Gold Co. to act conH.H: the Rajah left in the afternoon, trary. to rc'gulations made in:the settlestopping in the evening at Marup ment of this matter the head of the landing place, where a deputation of' 'Coy. was' told in' Oourt at J:>aku,Mr. Chinese, .wa.ited upon His Highn.e~s,Everett, Man~ger of the Borneo Co. and stated that since the breaking up in Upper Sarawak being present that of tne old Kongsi of the village little any breach of such regulations would gold has been worked by them and 'be punishable by 'a heavy fine. they are now turning their attention -.---.---to agricultural pursuits. Some of the WE.notice in the Straits Times that headmen of. tho commul1.ity are of . the German boat Fmlssw delivered

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1ST AUGUS'f,. 1887. _._---the J.JolHlon papers of the 13th .June boards on shore, !lnd the charts clearly in Singapore' in twent.y three days, define all sballows, we cannot underthe FrE::nch boats bave several times stand bow she got. aground. 'fhe done it in twenty four days, and we Sunbeam came up without any diffi-, have received letters in Kuching once culty without a pilot, as also men. of. or twice under the month. 'fhe French war frequently . . mails from Singapore frequently deMr. Uoope was accompanied by his liver tbeir mails in London the same wife and Miss Hopkinson they only day !lS the P. and O. which left a remained about 36 hours, leaving at week earlier. daylight on 5th for Hong. Kong.

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WE regret having to announce the H.H. the Rnjah returned from Si. death of Mr. H. B. Low (Resident 31'<3,ll1anggang. on the 10th in the A line Division Samwak) from .dysentery a few,notes of his tour will be found which took place in England on the ,elsewhere. . . 12th July, news of which was received! '1'he p,s. Adeh returning the same by :telegram in Singapore and for- : m01'lJing.~~from Bintulu and Baram warded by B.S.Bailei' on the 20th ulti; with lLfull cargo. 1110,an account of Mr. Lows services ,l'assenger Mr. Buck, Resident of will be found in a::JOthercolumn. Bintulu. .

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. WE regret to hear that the Revd. J. L. Zehu del' is very (h\Dgerousl~'ill at Lundu, ,Doctor Storie WitS sent. for some ,days ago, and is still unn.b!e to le!1.vchim.

ON the 11th the s.s. Ranee arrived from Singapore lool,ing very sm!lrt". this wn.s hel'. first trip nftcl' being docked Ilnd repairen, flhe brought the Lopdon mail of 10th June, and left

ngaiu ou the 14th fOl' Singapore with '\VB heal' from Sil1luujau on the !l fnll cargo and mails. 2nd ultimo, that an alligator cn.rriecl! Phssenger Mr. Shannon who ll!~s off a ])yak out of hIS boat, and left Jar .Europe. .

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tha.t the ouly, remains found was a nart .ofthe po'or maIl's head, all effort.s to catch the alligator proved frnitless. The poor fellow, was in a sampan, with 11.companion, aUll his companion Hurling tlJO sampan steering all wrODer 00.turned rounel and found he was gone.

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'1'he Hon'ble the Resident'left for Pllku and Upper Sarawak the same day.

to their station off lea\~e.

n.H. the Rajah accompaniedby the Rauee, Hajah Mudah and his two

AnouT 4 p.m. on the 3rd ultimo the brothers aU.ended the S.P.G. Mission stearn-yacht Sllm'i.~eB..Y.S.owned by School on the 16th and presented the Mr. Jesser Ooope visited the Sarawak prizes to the successful boys at the anriver, she. unfortunfJ-tely ran agroundnufll examination,' full particul~r8 of on a lllud bank just'below Tanah Putih. 'w.hichwill 'be found in >another colunm. ' but was got oi1' without any damage. . ~ '. .' ,. heing' done, Oaptain Peck, General .' H. H. the Rajah. accompanied by Iuspector of Police and Prisons went Mr. Buck (Resident of Bintulu) lefnn down with some lllen in a 'fongkang, H.H. gun-boat Aline a.t 6 a. m. on the' to give help, but the yachts crew suc-. 19th for Baram and Labuan. 'fhe ceeded in floating her w~thout their as.' p.s. Adeh met the Aline at the t;istance. She was drawIng ft. 13.6 and mouth' of the' river 'and conveyed His as hrge

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___ o~ tIle 13th tho Lorna [)oolleleft for Sibu. Passenger f\1r. F. J.D. Cox, 811ereturned to E.nching on the 16th. --'-. O~ the 15th the p.s. Adeh 'left for Labnal1 tal,iDIYthe 'l'rnsan relief of Hangers. Passenger 1\11';E. A. W. Cox

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THE S.S. Lorna Doane arriyed from LaIHtlln bringing lVfr.Ricketts and M~'. St~tfhell on the lOth ultimo. .. . OK the 14th ultimo Their Highnesses the Hajah, Hance and family left Kuebing in the gun-boat Aline for Singapore ~n route for England. Shortly after 3 p.m. on that day, the European residents, principal Malays and several Chinese Towkays assembled at the Astana landing stage to bid fareweU to Their Highnesses ,,'ho embarked amid ringing cheers from those assembled and from the boys of the Malay school who were drawn up in line near the Market place. As the Aline got under weigh a salute of 21 guns was fired from Fort :.Iarguerita and crackers and maroons were let off by the Chinese, along the bazaar facing the river. Their Highnesses anchored for the nigHt in the mouth of the river at Santubong whither they were accompanied by the Hon'ble thE}Resident and Mrs. Maxwell, leaying for Singapore at sunrise on the 15th. The voyage to Europe will be accomplished in the 1Iessageries Maritimes s.s. Djemnnh which left Singapore on the 22nd. On the same day the s.s. Banee arriyed from Singapore with the European mailleaving again on the 17th with a full cargo and passengers-Archdeacon Meredith and Mr. Douglas. '

O~ the 15th ultimo the S.S. L01'lza Loone left for Simanggang, Lingga and Sibu, passengers-Messrs; Gibson, Somerville and H.icketts.

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kr 11 p.m. on the night of the 16th an alarm of fire was raised. On arrival at the !;cene it appeared that the dapor of Mr. Kay rrye, the Government dispenser, had taken fire. The fire engine was promptly on the spot and a good supply of water was at hand so that the fire was confined to the dapor which was burnt out and preyented from catch. ing the house close by. Two other small fires haye occurred in the Campongs during the past month.

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Bandar and Mr. Everett who took charge the boats eontaining the tubl1, led his mi ' ture fleet to a point above the rapids in Sungei Lalang, some two miles below the villl1ge of Grogo where the decoction thrown into the water, all, eagerly sea the surface for the appearance of the first Although the fish did not run very large good sport was obtained from this point to spot when the Sungei joins the main st Here a short stay was made for breakfast, which f:resh supplies of t,uba were put into water and all became on the a1ert watchin; the fish to rise. About midday a thunde with heavy rain threatened to put a stop to proceedings

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the sport was soon resumed. At a deep named Lubok Tondong, almost surroundE sand-stone rocks, the fun grew fast and

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One Kaloi of enormous size caused much citement finally breaking away with se spear heads in him. T~e boats with their followed the tuba down stream as far as but the European contingent landed on ing at Buso, it being 5 o'clock by the time wharf was reached. At Lubok Pan~' Singi two sawfish were taken, one by Everett, the other succumbing to the s a Malay; there had previously been COGsl, able doubt expressed as to whether the who stated that they had taken this fresh water were strictly veracious bat settled the matter at ," once. .,...;. ~J..,,, .. "', .

The best kinds 'offish takim were Labang, S'mat, Malang and Baung all of

were of considerable size. The party at Mr. Everett's partook of two sorts at in the evening, the Kaloi,and S'mat, the. being in our opinion decidedly the had but few bones; the company agree! in taste it much resembled the comb' vour of Cod and Oyster sauce. All thoroughly enjoyed their days ment for in addition to the excitement of ing the finny denizens of the river the was picturesque and characteristic, o~a whose population may be said almost 'rHE snipe season here was opened on the on the water; men, women and chi! ~lst. As yet only three small bags have ropeans, Malays, Ch,inese and Dyaks, all been made. present and thoroughly ,entered into the of the sport, shouting with excitem FISH SPEARIKG OK THE UPPER RIVER. worKing their paddles with a will on O~"\Vednesday the 21st ultimo the Hon'ble pearance of a big fish. the Hesident got up a t\~baing expedition on The river, somewhat thick with up the right hand brailCh of the Sarawak river rains, flowingBwiftly between i,ts banks aboye Buso. ' standstone rocks crowned 'with' foliage" The previous evening a party consisting ground covered with a luxurious' of Mrs. :Maxwell, Mr. and Miss Cadell, Mr. jungle trees and ferns, in Borne places and Mrs. Jeffreys, Capt. Peck 'and Messrs. over by spreading branches which gave a Frere and Lewis left Kuching for the Borneo ant shade to those, beneath them, Co.'s station at Buso where they were hospidelightfql picture ,whose foreground tably entertained by Mr. Everett, the Company's manager, the Resident joining the party ever moving crowd of boats with thei!l! next morning when an early start was made crews. Such' was U~escene we BOenj for the upper reaches of the river. The Datu month and trust that this will be'by no , ---

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