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Dyaks are frequently not good, as they never remove 

 them from the nest, and on a visitor's arrival, take them 

 from under the hen, and bring them to him, so that 

 they are frequently nearly hatched. In this state, they 

 are eaten by the Dyaks themselves, as well as when fresh. 

 In return for their presents, my servant gave them 

 tobacco, &c. Bye Ringate, the chief, sent Pa-pata and 

 Pa-Benang, his sons-in-law, to inquire if I had any 

 bechara, (business conversation) for the tribe ; so I told 

 them what I had come for, and requested them to send 

 a man to call the chiefs of Tumma early to-morrow 

 morning. 



Dec. 8th. Pa-pata himself started early for Tumma, 

 which is said to be half a day's journey in an easterly 

 direction from Sennah. I amused myself by looking 

 about the village, which consists of several rows of 

 houses, at some distance from each other, on both sides 

 of a beautifully quiet stream about knee-deep, flowing 

 over a bed of yellow sand. Extensive groves of fruit- 

 trees surround the place in every direction, amongst 

 which are the Krakak (a small fruit resembling the 

 lansat,. but growing in terminal bunches) ; the Langyir, 

 a large fruit, resembling the mangusteen in size, but of 

 a curious sickly flavour ; the Kinan (rambye) ; Rham- 

 but-an Barangan (chesnut) ; Manggis (mangusteen) ; 

 Tampuri (Durian) ; Blimbing (an acid fruit) ; Champadak; 

 Nangka (jack) ; Tankallah (Parrit), and many others. 

 All of these are now ripe, and have a beautiful appear- 

 ance. 



In a Rhambut-an tree was a small hut, the residencs 



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