402 TRIP UP THE SOUTHERN BRANCH 



We kept up the river leading to Sennah, which 

 is small and shallow, and filled with boulders of a 

 hard porphyritic rock, the limestone disappearing at the 

 Rheum Ledong. The Padi farms of the Sennah Dyaks 

 are on the sloping banks on each side of us. The delight- 

 ful, lively green of its young foliage is a welcome relief 

 to the eye from the more sombre tints of the jungle, 

 the thick foliage of which admits but seldom the rays of 

 the sun. The rain has cleared away, and the sun is 

 now shining beautifully on the industry of these Dyaks. 

 Their farms appear very extensive, and each has a plot 

 of yams and other garden stuff, close to the waters 

 of the river. The land here is beautifully undulating ; 

 in the limestone districts it is more flat, but broken by 

 the immense mountains of that rock, which arise in all 

 directions from it. 



At five P.M. we reached the Sennah village, and 

 remained in the boats until the return of the people 

 from their farms, a few women and children only being 

 present in the village. The Orang Kaya Bye Ringate 

 is in his house, but has some days since placed himself 

 under the " pamali" hoping by this means to recover 

 from a severe sickness a favourite child. On the arrival 

 of the men at dark, we were escorted by the relatives of 

 the chief to a new and very nice Pangah, where we took 

 up our abode, being able to gather the ripe fruit of the 

 seebow or rhambutan from the windows. Having 

 cooked and eaten our food, we were waited upon by the 

 people of the village as usual, bringing presents of rice, 

 fruit, eggs and fowls. The eggs we get amongst the 



