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hours' travel from here. Arriving finally at the house of 

 Kwing Iran, I was met by a handful of people gathered 

 in its cheerless, half-dark gallery. On our return to a 

 newly erected section of the kampong we met the intelli- 

 gent kapala and a few men. Some large prahus were ly- 

 ing on land outside the house, bound for Long Iram, 

 where the Kayans exchange rattan and rubber for salt 

 and other commodities, but the start had been delayed 

 because the moon, which was in its second quarter, was 

 not favourable. These natives are reputed to have much 

 wang, owing to the fact that formerly they supplied rice 

 to the garrison, receiving one ringit for each tinful. 



Though next day was rainy and the river high, mak- 

 ing paddling hard work, we arrived in good time at Long 

 Tjehan and found ourselves again among the Peni- 

 hings. During the month I still remained here I made 

 valuable ethnological collections and also acquired needed 

 information concerning the meaning and use of the dif- 

 ferent objects, which is equally important. The chief 

 difficulty was to find an interpreter, but an intelligent and 

 efficient Penihing offered his services. He "had been to 

 Soerabaia," which means that he had been at hard 

 labour, convicted of head-hunting, and during his term 

 had acquired a sufficient knowledge of Malay to be 

 able to serve me. My Penihing collections I believe are 

 complete. Of curious interest are the many games for 

 children, among them several varieties of what might be 

 termed toy guns and different kinds of puzzles, some of 

 wood while others are plaited from leaves or made of 

 thread. 



The kampong lies at the junction of the Mahakam 



