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went over the village, which contains upwards of sixty 

 houses, not built in one row, but in several, accompanied 

 by one of the Orang Kayas ; there are two in the 

 village. The houses are more commodious and clean 

 than most of those I have visited amongst the Land 

 tribes, though not nearly so large or well built as those 

 of the Sea Dyaks of Sebooyoh. It has two Pangahs, 

 or head-houses, in one of which I took up my 

 residence ; but they do not contain many skulls, 

 which, as this is an ancient tribe undisturbed by the 

 Sakarrans, is a proof of the bloodless character of their 

 wars. The houses look very pretty from the head- 

 house, among the fruit-trees and boulders of porphyry 

 which cover the face of the hill. In the evening I held 

 a levee in the head-house, at which all the inhabitants 

 of the village attended, each bringing a basket of fruit 

 as a present. My servant distributed beads and tobacco 

 amongst them, and I gave the chiefs each a Battik 

 handkerchief, which very much delighted them. They 

 begged of me to stay for two or three days to eat fruit 

 with them, and that they might get up a feast ; but I 

 did not wish to do so, as I wanted to take the plants I 

 had collected to Sarawak. 



Nov. 26. Having refused all entreaties to stay, on 

 account of the plants in the boat, I left the village at 

 10 A.M. with many Dyaks following laden with fruit. 

 One of the Orang Kayas accompanied me, the other 

 sent his son, begging me to excuse his personal atten- 

 dance, as one of his children was ill. At 1 P.M. we left 

 the landing-place of these friendly Dyaks, and I re- 



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