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THE SARAWAR GAZETTE, 1ST FEBRUARY, 1886.

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.overhe!\ll. The other houses, elevated on posts,fro~ six to ten feet above the ground, are lougand have II largeplatfol'm inCront; tbey aregenera lly placed in n.ny plIl,ticlllut' ol'der. Thomaterial is wood i! .nd leClves, the post,s genern.l.,ly being oC bilian. (iron-wood) 'or Plllm, thefloor of split ,bamboo, and tht! roof nnd walls_.of ~I\go or.nips. palm leuf. The front w!lIIRand,doors are often mnde-of boar


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was sent to colieel.tbe revenne, bnd, after thecustom of bis predecessors, appointed 1\secondnrang Kaya and a second Pallgara lit (he said),t.heir own request. In addition to tbese, tberewns an old Orang Kaya, and as tbesefive

-cbiefs did not act together, ~t was a ca.seof"too many cooks," and t,berew!'re complaintsof toomany Becharas, and much lack of unity.I had tbel e fore to "cquaint the Malay-madechiefs that I could not call them by their titles.One of them took it perfectly well, but the"other, who was n brother of the proper OrangKaya, looked somewbat black, I thought,tbougu be said little. I told them that of counethey woul,l be admitted into Beclwras (\s eidersof house~, but that I only knew tue chiefs whohad been properly installed, and who were theresponsible men, aud mouth-pieces of the tribe.'fhe nij?ht was beautiful, and the.moon a.t i tsfull, and brightly it shone on tbe junglcar, asthe people annced, gracefully waving' theirnrm~.

May,27/h'.-After' completing our work intbe morning, most ofour t.rainstarted for Gum-bang, while I took 1\walk up the vJ.lley of Si.Rimau lo see the lay of the land, and .to gAtbearings of the hills in the vicinity, as theymarl, our frontier in that direction. I hadfonr DYllk~and one Maiay wiIh me, 'ani! \Vc~followed the path some ~womiles. 'I'he valleyis extremely pretty, though not so highlnucl-{,:lcn-likeas the puss \\'c clime through ypster.dll)'. Retrncing our steps 10 1'ringus, we start-cd for Gumballl/. ' OUI' wnl!t lilY across severA.ltributary streams of the Sa/'~wtlk, ant! overspurs of hil1~,more or less cultivated. Wewere now gmdul\lly changing from a reallymountainous district to on6 h>sshilly, ant! ve&that extensive tract lying to the ntrthwani of118,nnd extending to the sea, hus many ItwgeIDo'untains nnd is extremely uuduluting, until:'ou get. wiLh a few miles of the coast, ant!then therc A.relarge tracts of /lat land, coverellwith .inn~le 0\' mangrove swa.mp, nnd inter-sccted in nil directions with rivers I\ud strcA.m~,but the district we were leaving was essential .Iv mountainolls, BOmuch so that I dnl'c sav ill~ tract of country fifteen by twenr,y.fil 'e mlle~,there does not exist hnlf n square mile of levGlground. . ,

Thc ~lIn was very hot, Bed crossing some oft.he hiil.top farms, I heg!\n t\, feel myseJf get.t.ing knocked np. Agnin I had fooJi,hlv aent1he food Oil b efore. The walk WIISlon"e~ thcuI expected it to be, but I managed'" to dra!!myself on towards the ~hady old jungle, audthen threw myself into the long gruss, .and en.joyed what few luxuries I had not prll.ted with. '~1y pipe lit, Bnd my mouth moistened withsome sherry, I entered int::>conversation withmy DYA.kriends, nud we talked away for sometime. -So imngine'tls all 8t.retchedin the g,'assunder the shllde of the trees, the salOke ascen.ding, and make ul> yom' mind us well as youcae to listcn to 0111'cbnt.

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NOTICE.IN BE GHEE SOON & CO., OF SARAWAlt ,BORNEo.,

11THEREAS Low Yong Joo and Low Yong Rin, sonll,n and Coheirs of the late LowKen Tiam, deoeased,acting under Power of Attorney, dated Swatow 1st July1885, have by Ded of Agreement dated Kuching, Sa.rawak, bth Ootober 1885, relinquished all right, titlesand cla ims of whatsoever nature in ~he fol lowing ,t irms,viz:-

Ghee Soon & Co., of Kuching. Sarawak,Nee 'l 'aem TyeSoon' Heng "Nee Soon ' rsanl


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--- --THE SARAWAK GAZE'rTE, 1ST APRIL, 1886,

bn.d II.lrenay been plnnted?t Probn.hly, nu.ler' IIny circnmstance~, the work will pl 'O~reBS"low.Iv: it did so in noeS Ilone hv.. it w:.~ veal'sbe~ol'e St, Angngti~e Wae "ucc~,sful .unou' \! r.h. ,Saxon8. The missi011'\l'ies iu tIle islt\llds of I.hePllcific, and Rot TillneveHy, in Southern IlIdilL(w ich of 11.11he PI'OIE;,4ILntmi:,sious is pel"hll.ps the mosr. succe:,sful), laboured 1'01'ion({before their efforts m,,1 with much l'ewILI'(1;Itnd itS it hn.s b('en el>ewhol'e, so 1t i~ likely 1.0be in Borneo. Copst:tnt interconrs~, however,,between 'D)"ILksancl even olle mis,' ionlll ') ', i f bebe well ~ttited for n.lld illtere,tell i u his work,must, nfter almost. imperceptiblc stllges, end;0 the production of g"oel; but I h:t.ve a notiouthn.t ~ouceutl'l1.tj()n, I\S ill I.he rnis,ions of themiddle nge~, Rollelu m'Lny of the Romall Cutho'lic ones, woulJ be 1\quicker ILDda better mo.leof p,'oceedin!!, than plnDtin~ widely sepn1'lLr.eJstatiODs wil.h bllt olle mlm lit e.\ch, and there.

fore the plan to be prefened und ",,!opte,LLet us pick ou t a 5tMion nmollgst the Dyaks;some prett.y spot near II.vilhlge, far a\VlI.yfromany Mn.II\Yor Chinese town. Sllppose thi~ 8pOtto be the locality of 0.m is~iol1 previonsly snc.cessful, Pl1ch for iDHanoe as that of Hunting orLUlldu; or suppose it to he in thl\t splendidvalley throngh which we pnssed up tho coun.trv, Denr .seJ1lbal~ and its be.\utiful wnterfnll(I~d the penked rangc; and thcn supposo r.hn.tfl.t c ither of the~e pluces a 'misoiioulLI'Y sel.tle.roeDt was establish~d.-im~giue it ~mdlln.llysturted. under Ihe auspi('cs of a tricd princip.t!.I\nd with him some illLlf-dozcu missionariesflud catechi"ts, .dong with schoollU:t.ster andmistress, nn(\ ,orne twcnty or Ihiny of thenlready converte(l Chinese and other \'oy" fromthe schools of Sal'awalc, &c; sltppose aglLin,I.hey'had working tools, IIlHl inst\'l\ctors informing', cal'penl.el'ing bluck-mith',; 1'1'01'1.,nd8uch.like-thut they bllilt their OWII honses,grew 'their own rice all au improved pl'i 'Oiplll,that they bred their own CfLttle, n n'u tbn.t theychose their tnilol'~ nn(l anizaus from nl110llgstthemsE'hos; suppose it, ill fact. fLUiLJ,llts~rilllmi.sion, sitch I\~ WIIS I LllllPtc,l by the oncevery sltcrcssful .J esuit missionaries in 50mhAmericn. Let all thi's be eSl'Lblished, 01' e vencommenced, would it not he the tille WilYtogo ahead? The Inll(l 11\11)' be got fOI'nothing,the princip,d exren~e would be in c:()al'ingit., un.] in p.\ying the stnff. hltt I can imlq!inl1,11rOSpectively, of such a scheme being c:lrriedout, a pictUresque vill.Lge, with it.s ohurch,

school, pastltl'lLj!e /luJ rands, and from which~mlll\ pnrties wOlild d'Lilv i..sue to pursue the irwork amongsr the neig};houl'ing trIbes. Withsuch II pln.ce (saY'/H Semball) the slIrl'oun.\ing tribes would bl'decrees become civilisod,it would be the nucleus (If 11gradulllly increas.ing ~ettlemelJt, with puwel' cnou!!h jn it~elfto stund its own ground, while it beeame 0.181)!\ stUl'ce uf political stren~th 10govel'llmeut.It would plohahly require a considel'l\hlp ont.lay. bnt., com rnenced grnd ually ,and pl'opel'ly~lInR~f>d, the settlemt:nt ought to become se lf.supporting' iu a few YOllr8.

'l'his is II very favourite illea of mine; hut

t 1863 1 am gla.d to SlIYthat a staff of new mission. .att ies has arri ved iu Sal'atCak, and that they have beenseut to reinforce tac missioD,.ries a.t the old statoDs,

80 that 80me part of my spscl1lu,Live plan ie ip Sotair1111)'of being realised. .

wh.'n I think of the necessary ontlay, II.ndofthe difficulty, of procuring either money ortllen fit.ted fOI' the wOI'k, I greatly fear that ImII.,\'never see my projeot carried ant. Lucki-Iv t.he missionaries we ho.v.~remuining hero;I'e good meu Rondtl'ue, and their coadjutorsin ~uch a settlement as the above would reoquire 10be Ionrd.workiuj!', healthy, lal'ge.mind-I'd men, who have uo oDject.ion to "1'oughi'l1gil;" lIot lIIen injllJicioll~ly zealous, nor yotlike Mrs. Jellyby's friends, who went aboutweepiu\! Ilnd It\lllenting (01'the poor lost Afri.cnns. Had I heen in Miss Jellyby's position,I should mosl. oertainly bave echoed hel' ' )ue afraid (JIeC,allowed

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fast nnd11mf" Iions. JImballg,1Monnl,II)'S II.nclme, is

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erinl!.themyseH toIthol'itiesml1.nuer.n ngreedy th9-\:ul1WII p.\Ve /LiSOhould bedouhtfulbenefit tot 011,yetawClkandplient,ion,

o which.would notut which.oa]d hnvee forbid.quite outquestions;hole tribetbe {ron-ut it, unde SambasSamba&j

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. ..e like Sllrnwllk, becnuse we o.re uC't bnlliedthere," At GWI/ban!! I fOllud som3 fifty Cbi.D~e, mOl'tlv rllnltWIIV debton {rom thp. !loldworks at BU'8U,Bait/I; and Bidi. ..lbang Jali,my MaIn}' collector' for, the It,ft.hand brnucb,bad come with orders to stop them, which theyaks hnrl alrcn.dy done, and I fOllud them inthe Heud Honse, ~1\III'ded by Dy'n k8, Whendley firH ani verl they were n.,ked for rhei.,pa~es. Oue ~ 'l\Sgive:1 to the D)'l lks. .vho, douht.ing its nurheuticity, kl'pt it, IInd IWW han,ledit to me. It wa~ ell\'olopetl ill wl1ch bl'ownpapel', Rntl turned out to be II sheet of t.h~ lillt,..b-altd LOlli/Oil Sew,. of 185'1, wilh u lJicture ofH.M.S, "~i;lol1" firing the first shot in thoBQssian Will' , I was pl lzzled uSto wby t,hese pe:>~pie were runnill!;! A.wuyto II.11100'ehenvily.lllxecleonntr)', nn,1 snspeckcl something }Joliticnl inH; but I believe now the reld rtm~on wus, thntobey hnfl rcceived uclvlll1ces lIud hall IIOt hudJOO


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1L11dwomen came with their hawk.b/)lls, andI 'found that Iliad on less tbun thir~y.five tiedon 'my wrists, when I got to the foot of t.hebill. . We bad some difficulty in getting tbeChinese moved. The men were going backwithout wives, children, or '>aggage, which Iknew meant a very short stay with us; bow-ever, in time, we got them off in ~harge of a.small party of Malays. The Chinamen hadnu al'IDS, 'Saving a few swords, but most ofthem were fO'Undto bave ranjoTVs concealedabOlltthem; tbese they probably meant to stickin the ground, in cape they had to run for it,in ordel' .to wound tile feet and so impede theprogress of their pnrsuers. Ranjows or to1..aks,I ought to say, are small pieces of bamboo ornibong palm,wl odabout a foot long a.nd cutvery 1!harpat both ends. Dyr.ks use these inwarfare, t lt icking them in the ground a.mongstlong grass or shrubs; anyone treading on them,unless he be protected with a strong shoe, islikely to have an u~ly hole drilled into his foot.After a walk of an hour nnd a half we arri v.

ed at Pangkalan Si Bultt , the lnnding'plor.e.Here we found our boat, which. had latelyarrived from Belidalt Fort.' Near Si Huluthere were, before the insurrection, some Chi.l1esogold workers. The6e people, who werepart of the same kongsi (or oompany) whoworked at Balth, Siniawan, &0., and who roseagainst the government, had made a ven fn.it.road, probably in order to provide a retreatinto Sambas, in oose of a failure in theirattack; and this turned ou t to be a good moveof theirs, for had it not beeu for the road, tbeDyaks would probably have out off manymore tban they did, a.nd two thou saud of the

rebels would not have e~caped. But perhapsit was 80S.wl'\l1 that they did so; tbe lessontaugbt them was sevel'e enoujrh.After a. s tay of a f&wminutes at Si Bulu, I

got into my boat, and leaving the Chinesewith a party of Malays, started down thertver. It was particl}llIrly dry, and instead ofgetting to the Sauh village of K1'okony in twoor three bours as I expected, we did not getover half the distance in that time. Nightbad now come on, aud the men were wea.riedwith hauling the boat over the shallows, sowe stopped by tbe side of ~ gravel bank, tocook, eat, IInd sleep. Soon, a cheerful fireblazed up; our saucepans wel'e placed on the'lOp of it, and lifter a.very good meal C. retir.ed for the night to the boat. while I placed a

kadjan[l. over my mat and pillow, which Ibad spread out on the gravl'\l, where I passeda. most comfortable night. Before fallingasleep I hnd heard, repeatedly, tbe pla.intivescream of the plandok from tbe surroundingjUllgle. These bea.1.ltiCollittle mouse


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started' by boa.t for Lubok; Antu M- truly venerable aspect and deportcomp&nied by the Resident of the themselves with much dignity.di1ltrict. Marup pengkalanw8.a reach- Simanggang was 'reached the nextad the ume evening, but in conse- day at noon, and 0D: the followingque nee of a fresh in the rinr' the (Wednesday) morning an early sta.rtboats only reachedLubok A.ntu on Sun- was made for .Lingga which place was"day morning, 'and here aga.in a large reached about noon, and shortly af-number of Dyaks had a.ssembled.A.ll terwards H.H. the Rajah left :inthe

the'principal chiefsofthe upperwaters I Aline accompanied by.the Resident of\vere present including many of those Batang Lupar, and anchored at thewho were la.styea.rattacked at Kedang, mouth of the Saribas the same even-but who are now peaceably living on ing. On TbursdltY morning His High-tbe banks of the main river. . ness went on sbore at pU'sa ~nci the-

In the evening of the same day I .,HiTlehen steamed up to Baripg \vheroH.H. the Rajah and the Hesident of boats were, awaitiing to convey His'Batang Lupar rode on ponies to somA Highness to Betong, and after waitingdistance past the frontier on the road for the first rush of the tide to pass byto Badau which is only 4t miles from Fort I.Jili was re!\ched at 6 p.m. and.Lubok Antu station, but the ponies Bis Highness the Hajah inspected thowere brought to a standstill by the pepper gardens which.have latel~..beenabsence vf any bridges on thc Dutch opened up hern by the Chinese. Thereside; and so the last mile was done on are aboll t three tllOusatld'vines wellfoot. Bada.u was reached at 5.30 p.m. up and looking' healthy, 'and other'and after calling on the Control~ur (Mr. garcleIH;will RI)f)rtlybe opened. 'VD.nVelthuysen), and meeting the Mi- It is hoped that hel'ore long theselitary Gon}[~1andantM. de Jeer, I\ud pla~ltations will be largely extended.the MedicalOfficer(M.Haupp) a plea~ 'At t\ meeting held in the Fort seve!'alsantride back by moonli~ht followed, Chinese fitated ~heirintention of open-andtLubok Antu was ref\ched at 8 p.m. ing coffeeplantations as well. 'In passil1~ o.'er some oJ tue hills, the ---soil 'Wasof a dark chocolate color, as I Our Notes.is seen in .TnrA.. Samples of this were DURINGa visit of inspection in Up-sent for ih. the morning flnd will be per Sarawak the Uesident was OCCll-kept for Mr. Gibson's inspection, in pied in enquiring iuto the question ofreference 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.--the road to"afford a refres}Jing shade In the hte settlement of the matterto the jaded traveller, but the Dyak' the Borneo Co. Limited undertook totravellers. along the road have hitherto erect ,rater ways of biliall to repla.cemistaken the object of these plauts some ditches destroyed by the gold

. and palms, and ill the case of the minrrs and to make a reservoir, thecocoanuts thought tiULttuey wer.eput water from which should flowthroughthere for immediate use. So there the Gold Co.'s works, and on to thoseare now few left, but the remnants of of the Borneo Co.~s the Gold Co. hav-many may be seen in placp.swhere they ing the use of it on its way but nothave 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. partin Lubo.k AntuFort on Monday 4th, of the' Chinese Gold Co. to act con-

H.H: the Rajah left in the afternoon, trary. to rc'gulations made in: the settle-stopping in the evening at Marup ment of this matter the head of thelanding 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 thatof tne old Kongsi of the village little any breach of such regulations wouldgold 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 thatheadmen of. tho commul1.ity are of . the German boat Fmlssw delivered

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the J.JolHlonpapers of the 13th .Junein Singapore' in twent.y three days,the FrE::nch boats bave several times

done it in twenty four days, and wehave received letters in Kuching onceor twice under the month. 'fhe Frenchmails from Singapore frequently de-liver tbeir mails in London the sameday !lS the P. and O. which left aweek earlier.

boards on shore, !lndthe charts clearlydefine all sballows, we cannot under-stand bow she got. aground. 'fhe

Sunbeam came up without any diffi-,culty without a pilot, as also men. of.war frequently . .

Mr. Uoope was accompanied by hiswife and Miss Hopkinson they onlyremained about 36 hours, leaving atdaylight on 5th for Hong. Kong.--- -.-....-..--

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. WE regret having to announce the I H.H. the Rnjah returned from Si.death of Mr. H. B. Low (Resident 31'another colunm. 'but was got oi1' without any damage. . ~ '. .' ,.heing' done, Oaptain Peck, General .' H. H. the Rajah. accompanied byIuspector of Police and Prisons went Mr. Buck (Resident of Bintulu) lefnndown 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. 'fheceeded in floating her w~thout their as.' p.s. Adeh met the Aline at thet;istance. She was drawIng ft. 13.6 and mouth' of the' river 'and conveyed Hisas hrge steamers sometimes come up Hi


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104 THE SA.RA\-YAK GAZETTE, OCTOBER 1, 1887. /6:

THE S.S. Lorna Doane arriyed from La-IHtlln bringing lVfr.Ricketts and M~'. St~tfhellon the lOth ultimo.

.. .OKthe 14th ultimo Their Highnesses the

Hajah, Hance and family left Kuebing in thegun-boat Aline for Singapore ~n route forEngland. '

Shortly after 3 p.m. on that day, the Eu-ropean residents, principal Malays and severalChinese Towkays assembled at the Astanalanding stage to bid fareweU to Their High-nesses ,,'ho embarked amid ringing cheers fromthose assembled and from the boys of theMalay school who were drawn up in linenear the Market place. As the Aline got un-der weigh a salute of 21 guns was fired fromFort :.Iarguerita and crackers and maroonswere let off by the Chinese, along the bazaarfacing the river. Their Highnesses anchoredfor the nigHt in the mouth of the river atSantubong whither they were accompanied bythe Hon'ble thE}Resident and Mrs. Maxwell,leaying for Singapore at sunrise on the 15th.The voyage to Europe will be accomplishedin the 1Iessageries Maritimes s.s. Djemnnhwhich left Singapore on the 22nd.

On the same day the s.s. Banee arriyedfrom Singapore with the European mailleav-ing again on the 17th with a full cargo andpassengers-Archdeacon Meredith and Mr.Douglas.

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

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kr 11 p.m. on the night of the 16th analarm of fire was raised. On arrival at the!;cene it appeared that the dapor of Mr. Kayrrye, the Government dispenser, had takenfire. The fire engine was promptly on thespot and a good supply of water was at handso that the fire was confined to the daporwhich was burnt out and preyented from catch.ing the house close by. Two other small fireshaye occurred in the Campongs during thepast month. .

'rHE snipe season here was opened on the~lst. As yet only three small bags havebeen made. '

FISH SPEARIKG OK THE UPPER RIVER.

O~"\Vednesday the 21st ultimo the Hon'blethe Hesident got up a t\~baing expedition onthe right hand brailCh of the Sarawak riveraboye Buso. '

The previous evening a party consistingof Mrs. :Maxwell, Mr. and Miss Cadell, Mr.and Mrs. Jeffreys, Capt. Peck 'and Messrs.Frere and Lewis left Kuching for the Borneo

Co.'s station at Buso where they were hospi-tably entertained by Mr. Everett, the Com-pany's manager, the Resident joining the partynext morning when an early start was madefor the upper reaches of the river. The Datu

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Bandar and Mr. Everett who took chargethe boats eontaining the tubl1, led his mi 'ture fleet to a point above the rapids inSungei Lalang, some two miles below thevilll1ge of Grogo where the decoctionthrown into the water, all, eagerly seathe surface for the appearance of the firstAlthough the fish did not run very largegood sport was obtained from this point tospot when the Sungei joins the main stHere a short stay was made for breakfast,which f:resh supplies of t,uba were put intowater and all became on the a1ert watchin;the fish to rise. About midday a thundewith heavy rain threatened to put a stop toproceedings but as it lasted but a short .the sport was soon resumed. At a deepnamed Lubok Tondong, almost surroundEsand-stone rocks, the fun grew fast and A .the pool being full of ikan Labang whichvery lively, most of them being fine large cOne Kaloi of enormous size caused muchcitement finally breaking away with sespear heads in him. T~e boats with theirfollowed the tuba down stream as far asbut the European contingent landed oning at Buso, it being 5 o'clock by the timewharf was reached. At Lubok Pan~'Singi two sawfish were taken, one byEverett, the other succumbing to the sa Malay; there had previously been COGsl,able doubt expressed as to whether thewho stated that they had taken thisfresh water were strictly veracious batsettled the matter at once." .,...;. ~J..,,, .. "', .

The best kinds 'offish takim wereLabang, S'mat, Malang and Baung all ofwere of considerable size. ' The partyat Mr. Everett's partook of two sorts atin the evening, the Kaloi,and S'mat, the.being in our opinion decidedly thehad but few bones; the company agree!in taste it much resembled the comb'vour of Cod and Oyster sauce.

All thoroughly enjoyed their daysment for in addition to the excitement ofing the finny denizens of the river thewas picturesque and characteristic, o~a

whose population may be said almoston the water; men, women and chi!ropeans, Malays, Ch,inese and Dyaks, allpresent and thoroughly ,entered into theof the sport, shouting with excitemworKing their paddles with a will onpearance of a big fish.

The river, somewhat thick with uprains, flowingBwiftly between i,ts banksstandstone rocks crowned 'with' foliage"ground covered with a luxurious'jungle trees and ferns, in Bornep lacesover by spreading branches which gave aant shade to those, beneath them,delightfql picture ,whose foregroundever moving crowd of boats with thei!l!crews. Such'was U~escene weBOenjmonth and trust that this will be 'byno ,

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1886 sarawak gazette

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