ZOOLOGICAL NOTES ON COLLECTING IN BORNEO. 431 



Nest morning we walked to a place called Pangkalen Ampat, 

 where we obtained two boats from a Chinese trader ; three 

 Dayaks from Sennah and one from Temong, assisted by our 

 collectors, sufficed for a crew, and we gently poled down the 

 river all the afternoon ; slept the night at the Dayak village of 

 Danau and started again nest morning at sis. The river soon 

 became too deep for poleing and we paddled on for some eight 

 hours comfortably with the stream, occasionally shooting a mild 

 rapid by way of a change. At Ledah Tanah the river divides, 

 a westerly branch going up to the gold mine3 at Bau. We 

 waited at the mouth of this branch for the Borneo Company's 

 launch to come down and pick us up. About 3.30 she came 

 round the bend ; we scrambled on board, baggage and followers, 

 leaving our boats to the care of a Malay there. Two hours later 

 we landed in Kuching, after an absence of twenty-seven days. 

 Flags were flying 'in honour of the Piajah's birthday, which 

 happens to be on June 3rd, the same day as that of King George. 



By the espenditure of a few dollars we enabled our Dayak 

 friends to celebrate the occasion, while B. and I accepted an 

 invitation to join a cheery dinner party near by. Chairs and 

 tables, not to mention the fare of the metropolis of Kuching, 

 afforded a novel change after some four weeks of jungle fare 

 devoured on the floor. To our relief we were not given tuach to 

 drink the health of H.H. the Bajah and that of H.M. the King. 



