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camp in order to enable me to visit a small salt-water 

 accumulation in the jungle a couple of kilometres farther 

 down the river. As we landed near the place, we saw 

 over a hundred pigeons leaving. There were two kinds of 

 these birds at the pool, most of them of a very common 

 large variety, with white head and green wings, and all 

 were shy; according to the opinion of the Dayaks, owing 

 to the prevalence of rain. 



Next morning we started shortly after six o'clock, and 

 early in the afternoon reached the kampong Omamahak, 

 which is inhabited by Busangs, with a sprinkling of Ma- 

 lays. Two hours later twenty-one prahus arrived from 

 Apo Kayan with one hundred and seventy-nine Ken- 

 yans on their way to Long Iram to carry provisions 

 to the garrison. Soon afterward the captain of Long 

 Iram overtook us here, returning from his tour of inspec- 

 tion above, so the place became very populous. The 

 next night we stopped at Hoang Tshirao, inhabited by a 

 tribe of the same name, also called Busang, apparently 

 quite primitive people. The kampong was neat and 

 clean; there were many new wooden kapatongs, as well 

 as small wooden cages on poles, evidently serving for 

 sacrificial offerings. The following day we arrived at 

 Long Iram. 



Of comparatively recent origin, the town lies on level 

 land, and its inhabitants outside the garrison are Malays, 

 Chinese, and Dayaks. The street is long, extremely well 

 kept, and everything looks orderly and clean, while before 

 the captain's house were many beautiful flowers. The 

 pasang-grahan, which is in a very quiet locality, is at- 



