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4 P.M. Water up to our armpits. Lucky we had no rain to- 
day, or we should have had to swim this river, baggage and 
all, as there are no boats here, and everything would have 
been soaked. Put up at the house of another of Pénghulu 
MAHOMED DAHARI’S brothers, at Kampong Sedin; he left 
Hulu Selama about two years ago. ‘The first hour’s march 
to-day was very bad, but afterwards the path, though a buffalo 
one, was much better than yesterday, and for once we got 
no rain. Course to-day between S. and W. There are ten 
houses here and few more further down the river. This river 
debouches at Kwala Muda; can get down in three days. 
Met people on the path to-day for the first time since 
leaving Selama. 
28th November.—Started at 7.30 A.M. en route for Hulu 
Selama. Had no sooner started than a drenching shower 
came on. This did not much matter as regards clothes, as 
we always put on wet ones in the morning, keeping the dry 
ones for camp; but it made walking heavy work. Crossed 
Sungei Teruna several times, a small rocky stream. Got to 
top of Bukit Teruna at 9.30 A.M., a steep and slippery hill. 
Rain now stopped. The path the other side very bad ; plain 
mud up to the middle, often buffalo path; crossed Sungei 
Dingin, a small stream, four or five times; there is an old tin 
mine here, Klian Dingin; the Malays came and looted the 
kongst house, and it has been abandoned ever since. Crossed 
the Sungei Mahang three times, and stopped at noon onits bank 
for refreshment and for the men tocome up. Went on at 
I P.M.; crossed the Krian River at 2.30 P.M.; glad to get on 
Selama soil again; arrived at the Hulu Krian Kampong at 
3P.M. Stopped a short time and then pushed on; met a big 
python in the path. For the first time during the cruise, | 
had let another man carry my rifle, and when I got it the 
snake had gone. ‘The only time I ever went out unarmed on 
the Kurau Sapatang road I meta rhinoceros face to face. 
I made for camp, and he followed me quite half a mile; it 
does not do to go inthe jungle unarmed. The path now 
got worse and worse as we got near Sungei Rambutan and 
past the kampong, it was terribly churned up by buffaloes 
and other cattle ; crossed the Selama River and arrived at 
