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came to anchor, but just atrip. The Bore came in as a 

 roller, about three feet above the level, and passed up 

 the main river ; and one of our gigs being rather without 

 the angle of the point, was carried completely up the 

 bank, and lodged in the mud where she had to wait 

 until the tide flowed sufficiently for her to float out. 

 Had the boats been at anchor in the main stream and at 

 slack tide been caught " broadside on ", they must have 

 been swamped. 



On the morning of the 4th of September, the force 

 quitted the Batang Lupar, and towed by the ' Phlegethon ' 

 entered the Santubon branch, where, by previous arrange- 

 ment, wood had been cut by the natives for the use of the 

 steamer, and where she was to await our despatches for 

 England. The ' Samarang ' was brought into the river, 

 and the Surveys of the coast towards Tanjong Datu 

 completed. 



During our sojourn here, we were visited by a severe 

 thunder-storm, attended with very vivid forked lightning, 

 by which one of our carpenters was killed ; the lightning 

 struck one of the largest Casuarinas by which the beach 

 is fringed, and cutting it in twain caused it to fall across 

 the tent in which the carpenter and his crew were sleep- 

 ing, crushing the thigh and spine of the poor fellow, of 

 which he died immediately. 



As our Survey included the mouth of the Lundu, and 

 the ' Phlegethon ' had left with our despatches, I started 

 in company with Captain Keppel and Mr. Brooke, on a 

 visit to the Orang Kaya, of that river. The Lundu is 

 considered as a barred river to vessels, but boats may pass 

 at dead low water, by keeping on its western bank, fol- 



