storks, which I can never hit, as they are such shy
birds.
320° at 1.53 (N.W.). At 1.57, 280° (W., near).
At 2, 280° (S.W.). At 2.8, 200°. At 2.15, 190°.
At 3, 210°. At 3.15 a high hill, bearing 240°. We
are also travelling through immense jungle, which is
now hilly. Met a prahu with some Javanese in it,
who said that in three months we might hope to get
to Pinungah. The speaker said also that Ward had
not got to Pinungah yet. I don’t think he spoke the
truth. . . . At 3.47, 350°. 3.55, 360° (N.). Halted
at 4.30., bar. 30. Distance got over, sixteen and a
quarter miles ; elevation, sixty feet.
Jan. 14<th.—Heavy rainstorm in the early morning
prevented our cooking, so we had to go on without
onr breakfasts. Started at 6.15. . . . 1 had a terrible
attack of fever and ague, and made up. my mind to go
back, which mind I changed as soon as the attack was
over. I shall never forget the horrible sensation of
shivering with cold beneath a burning sun. Temp. 33°.
Jan. Vbth.—Left our camp at 7.25. D. 30° N.E.
7.45, 330°; two miles an hour. If I have fever again
to-morrow, I mt go back. . . . At 1.40 made a halt
to go on shore. At 2.15 started on again. . . . At
4.50 stopped. Elevation got up, 100 fe e t; bar. 29.95.
Got over seventeen miles.
* * * * *
Maden, serigo, gonong, mutu—the native way for
testing a kriss or their luck. (Ohor Tcriss.)
[A blank is left for a note on the kriss test. . . .
He went on again from his camping-ground at 5.30 m
the comparative cool of the morning, while the mists
^were on the river, which had risen in the night and
become a terrible to r r e n t th e n follow a page or twa
of observations ; stopped at a deserted place for food,
thinks it is Sebangan, “ which is now deserted on account
of the alligators—the reputation of the place is
so bad that when bathing in the boat this morning I
had a man with a full-cocked gun on guard.” Everywhere
the country is flooded. On the previous day
there is this closing note—“ take specimens strata
right bank to-morrow . Elevation to-day only
about 60 feet. Distance got over to-day nineteen miles.]
D is t a n c e s , M i l e s .
From Malapi to Tenegang.
Jan. 8th . . . . 5
„ 10th, Tenegang up K.B. . . . 11
,, 11th, up K.B. . 10
,, 12th ,, . . . . 13
,, 13th ,, . . . . 16i
,, 14th ,, • 4
,, 15th ,, . . . . 17
„ 16th ,, . 19
„ 17th „ . . . 19
120j
Strata now consists of clays containing intermediate
bands of sandstone, the whole dipping at an angle of
35° to the N.E. Also a ferruginous clay containing
bands of—-** * * *
Jan. 19th.—Got away at 6. . . . At 8, bar. 30.5,
ther. 26°. At 8.5 passed a small tributar yon the
left about six fathoms wide. Our course at 8, 200°
S.W. To-day we passed what might be called our first
rapid (carangan), and the river became much more