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up my tent and received tobacco as remuneration. The 

 place lies near an affluent from the north, called Braui, 

 which is more difficult of ascent than the Samba on ac- 

 count of its many kiams. The kapala of the kampong, 

 with two prahus, had ascended it in twenty days. The 

 Dayaks told me that if they wanted gold they were able 

 to wash much in these rivers when the water is low. 



I heard here of large congregations of wild pigs, up 

 to 500 or 1,000. When the herds, called dundun, have 

 eaten all the fruit at one place they move to another, 

 feeding and marching, following one leader. They can 

 be heard at a great distance, and there is time to seek 

 safety by climbing a tree or running. When hunting 

 pigs in the customary way, with dogs and spears, men 

 have been killed by these animals, though the victims are 

 never eaten. A fine rusa with large horns was killed one 

 day when crossing the river, and I preserved the head. 

 It seemed to me to have shorter hair on the back and 

 sides than this deer usually has, and was larger. The 

 flesh tasted extremely well, in fact much better than that 

 of the ordinary variety. During our stay here, in Decem- 

 ber, a strong wind blew almost every day, late in the 

 afternoon, not always bringing rain, and quite chilly 

 after sunset. 



When Schwaner made his memorable exploration in 

 1847 he did not come up the Samba, but ascended the 

 Katingan River, returning to Western Borneo over the 

 mountains that bear his name. Controleur Michielsen, 

 in 1880, was the first European to visit the Samba River, 



