by trees of the nature of the mangroves. At 11.40
still on through dense swamp, D. 240° (W.S.W.);
11.45, 206° (S.S.W.). At li.5 0 arrived at another immense
swamp, or inland lake, and turned back. A rise of
ten feet only between this and yesterday’s camping-
place. Absolutely no place to land, although went up
the river twenty-one miles. ------ , a yellow clay
covered with six or eight feet of black slime at the
inland lake or swamp. Temp. 30° 5', 12.30. I t being
quite impossible to get on further, we turned back, and
got back in three hours and a half, making the distance
•twenty miles. At the mouth stopped, and decided to
send Beveridge to Silam, while self go up Kina-
batangan to head. Got everything ready to-night.
D. to Silam, S .E .; distance thirty miles; gave
Beveridge a compass. At 8 p.m. temp. 29°, bar.
30.1. To-day it rained at intervals all the time, and
there were several showers yesterday.
Jan. 10th.—Left our station at 8.15. Temp. 27°,
bar. 30.2. Beveridge left for overland.
At 8.35 got back into the Kinabatangan. At 9.35
took sample of siliceous sand of river-bed. . . . At
12 made a halt, temp. 32° 5', and landed at Bilet, where
got a fowl, some sugar-cane, and a specimen of
meerschaum, which the man said he had got from
Sindyak, near Pinungah. Left again at 1.20 in a
S.W. D. 230°. .
Here heard of the Tingguluns,who some three or four
years ago were always coming down here. The man
was using the meerschaum for polishing his betel-nut
box, and often asked how much per catti. 1.50,
320° N.W., through 360° N. to 10° (N. 10° E .) ; a hill
ahead bearing N. 13° E. At 1.55, 30°, near N .E .;
through N. 300°. 2.40 to 2.45, 200° (W.S.W.).
3.15, 300° near W.N.W. 3.20, 320° N.W.
At 3.30 made a halt, in order to let prahu get up.
Here we were informed that, to avoid fever, it was a
good thing to wash with the clay from the river.
Elevation from mouth Tenegang, 120 feet. Distance
to-day, eleven miles.
Jan. l\th .—Left at 7.20, D. 320° N.W. 7.20,
temp. 39°, bar. 30.2. 7.35, 230°. At 7.40, 220°, i.e.
near S.W. At 8, 160°. 8.20, 210°. At 8.25, 190°.
8.30, 180° S.
T h e B oli D u p ie ’s S toey of t h e K inabatangan C a v e .
There was once a powerful Panjeran in the Kinabatangan
who had seven sons (about thirty generations
ago). This chief was famous for his fighting powers
and for his bravery. One day he said to his eldest son,
“ Go and conquer some islands near Sulu,” where a
powerful chief, the enemy of the Kinabatangan people,
lived. Accordingly, therefore, the brothers started on
their expedition with seven large prahus. After a
severe fight they proved victorious, and with a large
booty they returned to their country. Night found
them pulling up against the strong current near
Malapi, and as darkness set in they were ju st opposite
a cave in the limestone cliff on the banks of the river.
“ Let us,” said the eldest brother, “ sleep in that cave;
it is easier, and we shall enjoy more comfort than
in the prahus.” “ Oh, go not there,” said the youngest
brother; “ I fear, if you do, some harm will come to
us.” . “ Do not be stupid,” replied the elder, and his
voice ruled the others; so they went into the large
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