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wanted one too. I was glad to have the power of thus 

 easily satisfying him. When I handed the musket to 

 him before all his people and told him always to help the 

 white men who came to him, he was visibly delighted, and 

 looked at the glistening barrel and bright brass-work with 

 rapture. I also gave him a small supply of ammunition. 

 He had heard of my shooting down cocoanuts from the 

 trees, both at Koung and at Kiau, and he desired me to 

 do this at his village. Smith handed me his rifle, and 

 luckily for my reputation, I smashed the particular nut 

 he pointed out to atoms. Here, at this village I took 

 leave of my old friend " Kurow," and gave his little 

 daughter a Chinese looking-glass, which pleased her 

 greatly. Another little girl also from Kiau was with her, 

 and she looked so sorry that she had not one too, although 

 pleased at her friend's good fortune, that I could not but 

 hand her one also, and her dusky face was all sunshine in 

 an instant. These two girls had walked all the way 

 from Kiau yesterday perfectly barefoot over rough 

 ground, rocks, streams, and jungle, carrying heavy loads, 

 while "Kurow" carried only his slender-shafted spear. 

 It is this hard work at an early age which so soon de- 

 stroys the lithe figures and tiny hands and feet these 

 Dusun children so often possess. 



"Beuhan" sent two men with us as guides to Sineroup. 

 This was a great gain to us, as they knew the road well, 

 and conducted us by what I may call the "overland 

 route," that is, by the hill paths, and in this way we 

 avoided three or four of the worst crossings. We found 

 the walking very rough and fatiguing, especially in the 

 close gullies we had now and then to cross. About ten 

 o'clock we reached the village of Bundoo on the opposite 

 hill, and here, while awaiting our men, I sketched the top 

 crags of the great mountain, of which we obtained an 



