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CHAPTER X 



The Southern Branch of the Sarawak River — Diamond Washing 

 — Fossils in the Limestone — Rapids — Riverside Plants — 

 Pankalan Ampat — In Search of Coal — Gunong Wa — 

 Great Bamboos — A Dyak Banquet — New Kinds of Fruit — 

 Roads Beyond the Frontier — Senna — Other Fruits and 

 Cultivated Plants — Thermal Springs — Excursions on the 

 West Branch of the Sarawak River — The Cave of the 

 Winds, " Lobang Angin " ....... 121 



CHAPTER XI 



On the Batang Lupar in Search of the Orang-Utan — From Kuch- 



ing to llngga on the " heartsease " pulo burong and its 



Palms — We Ascend the Batang Lupar — The Burong Bubut 

 — The Iran Sumpit — A Singular Loranthus — Marop — I 

 Take up my Quarters with Chinamen — Explorations in the 

 Neighbourhood — An Albino Woman — My First Orang- 

 Utan — Races Amongst the Primates — A Large Specimen of 

 " Mayas Tjaping " — Discontent Amongst the Chinamen — 

 A Strange Cure — Brief but Successful Hunt . . .137 



CHAPTER XII 



Beautiful Butterflies — A Chinese Dinner — The Good and the 

 Evil of Opium — A Young Mayas — Excursion to the Tiang 

 Laju — A Poisonous Snake — Hill Pigs — Vegetation on the 

 Summit of Tiang Laju — Phosphorescence in the Forest — 

 Dyak Prejudices — The Bear and the Ants — Upas Cloth 

 — Nests of Birds — Zoological and Botanical Novelties — 

 Wild Bananas — A Disgusting Flower — The Ikan Tion — 

 Curious Means of Defence in Certain Ants — The Clulut 

 and its Nest — The Supposed Female of Mayas Tjaping — A 

 Fortunate Orang Hunt . . . . . . 15; 



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