xvi] FISHING WITH THE "TUBA" 



Kuching the long root-like stems of a creeper, Derris uliginosa, or 

 some allied species, are usually employed for that purpose ; it is 

 common in the inundated riverside jungles. The fruits of Sapium 

 indicum and of Croton tiglium are also sometimes used. 



The end of July was very rainy, quite an unusual thing at this 

 season. About this time, in addition to frequent attacks of fever, 

 I began to suffer from a malady peculiar to the country known as 

 " Untut,'" which consists of cedema of the limbs, and is considered 

 as a sort of commencement of elephantiasis. In my case the right 

 leg was swelled, especially round the ankle. 



Having finished packing all the collections made up to that date, 

 and deposited them in a store of the Borneo Company ready to 

 be shipped to Europe by the first steamer leaving, I was able to 

 avail myself of the long-wished-for opportunity, which now fortu- 

 nately presented itself, of visiting the Bornean coast as far as Bruni, 

 and after that of undertaking an excursion into the country of the 

 Kayans. 



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