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it had grown dark, so we waited, hoping for better luck 

 next day. 



Til the morning search was continued, but no great 

 results were obtained. The Malays evidently disliked to 

 rent their boats, which were coming in hut slowly. In the 

 meantime our luggage was being unloaded to the landing- 

 float. Mr. Demmini was able to secure some large pra- 

 hus, among them a specially good one belonging to a 

 Chinaman, and the goods were placed ifi them. At 

 II A. M. all the baggage had been unloaded from the 

 steamer, and having worked like a dog for the last few 

 days I felt that I had earned twenty minutes for my 

 usual bath, applying tepid water from a tin can, with 

 rough mittens. According to the opinion of those best 

 able to judge, bathing-water in the tropics should be of 

 the same temperature as the body, or slightly lower. 

 There arc three important items in my personal outfit: 

 A kettle in which drinking water is boiled, another (of a 

 different colour) in which water for bathing is heated, 

 and a five-gallon tin can which serves as a bath-tub. 



Much refreshed from my bath, I felt ready for further 

 action. In the morning I had requested the captain not 

 to wait for me, and he had already left. At 12 o'clock 

 the Otto departed, and a few minutes later our flotilla 

 was under way. We stayed over night at Biha, a small 

 but clean Dayak kampong. The Murungs, as seen here 

 for the first time, are rather shy, dark-complexioned, 

 somewhat short and strongly set people. They are not 

 ugly, though their mouths always seem ungainly. The 

 next day we arrived at a Malay kampong, Muara Topu, 



