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Barometer, aneroid
Cross-staff
1 Sword-bayonet
Ramrod
Saucepans .
Frypan
Durahim, 1 b a t ; Guntar, 1 b a t; Taba, 1 b a t ; gunpowder.
Net, 1.
Wick; 1 y a rd ; jam, 6; frypan, 1; candles, 3 packets ;
matches, 12; saucepan; porter-beer, 6 b o ttle s ;
vegetables, 2 tin s ; tea, 12 bundles; fisb, 7
tin s ; sauce, 1 b o ttle ; sherry, 2 bottles ; biscuits, 2
tins (small) ; butter, 2 ; trading cloth, 1 piece ; soap,
2 pats ; whisky, 1 bottle; ------, 1; fisb, 2 haddocks;
and a lot of macaroni.
Men in .the prahu upset ■
Durahim. Jabit.
Murrim. Mile.
Monup. Limbang.
Guntar.
Our accident.—When starting to-day I somehow
feared that the large prahu would come to grief, so I
got in the smaller one. We had passed two or three
bad rapids, my men being very careful, and getting
out at every hard bit. The big boat came shooting
down one great rapid in a gallant but rather foolhardy
way, and I cautioned the men. We were not
far from Pinungah when we arrived at a very swift
rapid, about two fathoms high perhaps. My men all
got out, and we 'dragged the boat over some big stones
very carefully. In our rear came the big boat, making
straight for the middle of the rapid. I called to them,
but bang-, they went on a rock, and Durahim shot off
the bow into the surging torrent. I saw him disappear,
and his hat float away down stream, but he
got to the side and went back to his prahu. I shouted
again to them to get out and pull the boat down, and
then my attention was called away by the danger to
ourselves, from some large waves. I got into my boat,
and we were just starting away clear of the rapid
when bang, bang, the big prahu shot down pn top of
us, and nearly turned us over. Her bow went right
on top of our stern. The terrific current turned her
over ; and one, two, three men I saw carried away like
corks down stream. I rushed to the prahu up to my
waist in the torrent, and we all landed out the thingOs
as quick as possible—guns, ginger, bayonets, rugs,
blankets, tins, &c. Fortunately our prahu had struck
on two big rocks, and so we were enabled to get some
of the things out ; as it -is, our losses are very severe,
and I am not able to think of them as yet. I will cut
Durahim’s and Murrim’s wages if it turns out, as I
think, th a t the prahii was turned over by their fault.
All my clothes, rugs, bed, wet through, and in a very
miserable state we continued our journey to Pinungah,
where we arrived much discouraged and tired out.
Feb. 13th.—Left at 8.35 Pinungah for Larnag, with
the Sulu guide for Silam. Stopped at 3.30 at the
place where we shot the fowls going up. About four
or five days from Pinungah, if going against the
stream. Took also from Pinungah one bag Company’s
rice; bought one bag from Hadgi Bustan, $8 ; one
enamelled iron pot lost in the Pinungah. We get the
most terrible weather, rains every day, all up the
Pinungah River, and now every day rain on the Kina-
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