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river. He tied it to the stern railing until night, when he 

 put it on top of the cargo, apprehending that it might 

 try to dive if tempted by the constant sight of the water. 

 When asleep it curled itself up in an extraordinary man- 

 ner, the long neck at first glance giving it a serpent- 

 like appearance. It cried for fish and showed absolutely 

 no fear. 



On August 22, 1916, we arrived at Samarinda. The 

 custom-house authorities permitted me to put our 

 numerous packages in the "bom." The lieutenant and 

 Mr. Loing went to a new Chinese hotel, while I, in a 

 prahu, paddled to the pasang-grahan, a spacious building 

 with several rooms. Our journey through Central Borneo 

 had been successfully concluded, and during nine months 

 we had covered by river 1,650 kilometres, 750 of these in 

 native boats. 



During my absence the great war had become more 

 real to the Archipelago through the occasional appearance 

 in Bornean waters of British and Japanese cruisers. I 

 heard of a German who walked from Bandjermasin to 

 Samarinda because he was afraid of being captured if he 

 went by steamer. The journey took him six weeks. It 

 was my intention, while waiting here a few days for the 

 steamer, to visit a locality farther down the river which 

 is marked on the map as having Hindu antiquities. The 

 kapala of the district, who had been there, was sent for, 

 and as he said that he had neither seen nor heard of any 

 such relics, which probably would have to be searched 

 for, I relinquished the trip. Hindu remains, which locally 

 were known to be present in a cave north of Samarinda, 



