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ASCENT OF MOUNT LINGGA 



with a wide base, which resembles an overturned mortar, to which 

 article the Dyaks and Malays apply the name "lessong." 



On the nth, in company with Mr. Mesney, the other resident 

 missionary at Banting, I started to make the ascent of Mount Lingga, 

 which was no very difficult undertaking. We left at 2 p.m. in a 



Fig. 56. SEA-DYAKS OF THE BATANG LUPAR. 



sampan, in order to get the. assistance of the inflowing tide. For 

 about eight miles we paddled up the right branch of the Lingga 

 river, and then entered a small stream which led us to Kranji, a 

 Dyak house-village, where we passed the night. We were off again 

 early next morning. The road up towards the mountain led through 



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