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ceeding along this for some little distance, we suddenly 

 emerged, and entered another reach of the Kabatuan, and 

 after paddling for some time, came to shallow slimy mud- 

 flats, the whole of the natives here getting out, and sliding 

 their long canoes over the mud at a quick walking pace. 

 Once more launched upon the stream, which here ap- 

 peared a very deep river, particularly on the right bank, 

 I noticed a very large war-prahu, similar to those in use 

 among the Illanons, full of armed men, evidently prepar- 

 ing for some predatory expedition ; several sailing prahus 

 were likewise at anchor; and under a kedjang-shed I 

 observed a large newly-built sailing boat, probably of 

 twenty tons burden. How these craft came into this 

 part of the river is to me a mystery, as the natives seemed 

 to have brought me by one of the secret passages leading 

 to their haunt or hiding-place. The town is situated 

 among low jungle in a morass, with the river winding 

 about it at a little distance from the central mass of 

 houses. As I landed, a Pangeran took me by the hand 

 and escorted me to his house, where, seated on an elevated 

 platform, I was offered a cup of toddy and a long cigar, 

 formed of tobacco rolled up in a plantain leaf, which I 

 smoked to the evident gratification of some hundred Du- 

 suns, who probably had never before seen a European. 

 From this I was led across swampy ground, walking on 

 narrow planks and across slender bamboo bridges, to a 

 neatly-built square-shaped isolated edifice, where I was 

 introduced to the Rajah, who, shaking me by the hand, 

 begged me to be seated in an arm-chair by his side. 

 After ascertaining that his Highness was suffering 



