520 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



corded, those wlio glory in hunting dangerous game 

 may conclude tliat they cannot do better than to visit 

 this part of Sumatra. To reach it they should come 

 from Singapore to Muntok on the island of Banca, and 

 thence over to Palembang, where the Resident of all 

 this region resides, and obtain from him letters to 

 his sub-officers in this vicinity. From Palembang 

 they should come up the Musi and Limatang to Lahat, 

 when they will find themselves in a most magnificent 

 and healthy country, and one literally abounding 

 in game. 



