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of Celebes, where he intends to remain for an indefinite period. 

 This change of base was not so simple a matter as might be supposed, 

 as is shown by the following passage from a letter dated at Tanjong 

 Lango, Celebes, August 28, 1914: 



As I wrote before, when I returned from the interior of Borneo to Sama- 

 rinda, I had to have my boat, the " Bintang Kumala," hauled out. It needed 

 repairs and drying after having been in the water constantly for two years or 

 more. The Assistant Resident stationed at Samarinda at this time went up 



Fig. 20. — Camp at Karang Tigau, Celebes, August, 1914. Photograph by Raven. 



along the coast to Beraoe and I asked him to bring me two or three sea-faring 

 natives to act as a crew to cross with me to Celebes. He was unable to get 

 them. I tried, but could find no Bajans or Soeloes who would go, but finally 

 found, near Samarinda, three Bugginese who claimed they could sail. So 

 when the boat was ready we started, and to my great disappointment I found 

 my crew entirely incapable, running the boat ashore before we had gotten 

 fairly started. There was nothing to do but to return to Samarinda. I thought 

 of having the boat either towed or lifted across to Donggala by the steamer 

 making that run at intervals of two weeks ; this I found would cost more than 

 one hundred and fifty dollars, and after crossing I would stand a big chance 

 of having the same trouble in getting a reliable crew. Just at that time a small 

 two-master schooner came into Samarinda and my attention was called to it 



