So The Gardens of the Sun. [ch. v. 



borrowed a boat and a couple of men from the Pangeran, 

 and left for the Badjow village on the Menkabong. We 

 reached that place about noon in a drenching shower, 

 and our guides assured us that further progress that day 

 was impossible. We therefore had our things brought 

 up into the head-house and soon made ourselves com- 

 fortable. We had brought two dozen fine pomoloes with 

 us from Labuan, and the ripe ones were now really excel- 

 lent in flavour ; and we thoroughly enjoyed this delicious 

 fruit for dessert after a frugal luncheon of bread and 

 dried fish. About four o'clock the rain ceased, and 

 the sun shone beautifully, so we took our guns, and 

 went ashore for an hour to shoot. We secured a few 

 pigeons and other birds, returning to dinner at sun- 

 set. Mr. Veitch lost his watch among the long grass, 

 but was fortunate enough to find it on retracing his 

 steps. 



We arose at day-break the following morning, and 

 started off, reaching the market-place on the Tamparulie 

 plain about seven o'clock, A large market of fruit, fish, 

 vegetables, rice, and other native produce, was being 

 held, and on landing we met with the Datu in whose 

 village we had remained last night. We told him the 

 object of our presence in his territory, and found him 

 agreeable, although not nearly so dignified as Pangeran 

 Eau. He sent off one of his men to fetch us some fruit, 

 and he soon returned with a basket of fine langsat, in 

 return for which we gave him a couple of pomoloes, and 

 we afterwards smoked a cigar together while our men 

 unloaded the boats. We tried to hix^e two or three men 

 from him; but as he was very extortionate in his 

 demands as to payment for them and a buffalo-sledge 

 which we wished to load with rice for our men, we cut 

 the matter short by refusing his assistance at any price. 



