VOYAGE FROM INDIA TO SIAM AND MALACCA. 137 



rest in a little village called Tay Wock-Bie. 



5. — We left very early, because we had again very much 

 to suffer from the tiresome mosquitos, which are very abundant 

 in these swampy parts, and we went ashore where the land was 

 a little higher in a bamboo- wood, near a village called by the 

 Portuguese a " Camp, " (ko-Ban komun pia). Here I found Hedy- 

 sarum lagopoch'oides, liedysarinn lineafum, Alhagi umhellata, 

 Hedysarum umbellalum, Waltheria. Many trees had still their 

 old leaves. I also saw a wood-pecker. At noon we went again 

 ashore, into a flat field, near Ban nea Bansang, here the banks, 

 which had been much overgrown before, were more open, and 

 we had a free view for a considerable distance. Shortly before 

 this we had entered a smaller arm of the stream called Klong 

 Banghay. Here I found GmeUna with orbicular leaves, called 

 by the Portuguese Reys de Madre de Deus. There were some 

 wild ducks here. 



We camped for the night near the village Telet Kriep. At 

 first we had a perfect calm, which made us anticipate a dis- 

 agreeable night, but we were less tormented by the mosquitos, 

 because later on some wind arose. 



6. — We left this place early, but the rapid current preven- 

 ted us from advancing' as quickly as was our wish, therefore I 

 went ashore near a temple of idols, which had the same name as 

 the above-mentioned place. 1 found here for the first time the 

 common chickens wild, on an empty rice field ; also a new Cordia^ 

 a Cypripedium and the above-mentioned Goinphrena. At midday I 

 saw a very large temple which had been formerly very celebrated, 

 Watt Pro-Lott. It consisted of three separate buildings, the one 

 in the middle being the largest. It contained three big idols, all 

 three in a sitting posture, and being three times the size of life. 

 All three were black, with big half-opened eyes. They all had 

 on their heads a quantity of little knots, which one could either 

 take to represent negro hair, or a cap of jewels. All had 

 their posteriors knocked off. I found Ipomcm hepaiicifolia 

 in magnificent blossom, also a new species of Sida, which 

 mostly grew to a man's height; it was divided into many 

 thin branches standing' apart the leaves were heart-shaped at 

 their base, but were long at the other end. The blossoms 

 were only small and yellow ; their pericarp was quite obtuse 

 at the top and divided into many parts. There was a tree 



