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hours' walking brought us to the village of Senankan, 

 where 1 was again obliged to remain the whole day, which 

 I agreed to do on the promise of the Orang Kaya that 

 his men should next day take me through two other 

 villages across to Senna, at the head of the Sarawak River. 

 I amused myself as I best could till evening, by walking 

 about the high ground near, to get views of the country 

 and bearings of the chief mountains. There was then 

 another public audience, with gifts of rice and eggs, and 

 drinking of rice wine. These Dyaks cultivate a great 

 extent of ground, and supply a good deal of rice to 

 Sarawak. They are rich in gongs, brass trays, wire, silver 

 coins, and other articles in which a Dyak's wealth consists ; 

 and their women and children are all highly ornamented 

 with bead necklaces, shells, and brass wire. 



In the morning T waited some time, but the men that 

 were to accompany me did not make their appearance. 

 On sending to the Orang Kaya I found that both he and 

 another head-man had gone out for the day, and on 

 inquiring the reason was told that they could not persuade 

 any of their men to go with me because the journey was 

 a long and fatiguing one. As I was determined to get on, 

 I told the few men that remained that the chiefs had 

 behaved very badly, and that I should acquaint the Eajah 

 with their conduct, and I wanted to start immediately. 

 Every man present made some excuse, but others were 



