THE KXDA.U AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 1)7 



row, after which we got into a fine broad stream, just before reach- 

 ing Tamok, which was a settlement in Logan's time. 3 ; 2 years 

 ago, but is now abandoned; after the labyrinth through which we 

 had been groping our way, the view which now burst upon us was 

 like enchantment, witli its broad lake-like stream, enclosed, so far as 

 the eve could see, by the jungle-clad base of Jakas : twenty-five 

 minutes with the paddles and a southward turn brought into view 

 the tine hill of Pergakar Bcsar, while the stream slightly narrowed ; 

 a few minutes more, and with Paloh Tampui begins, if possible, still 

 more enchanting scenery, a string of lakes filled with islets of 

 rdsau, mingled with other growths ; in three-quarters of an hour 

 the stream narrows a little more, but is still forty yards wide ; here 

 I found nearly four fathoms of water ; another quarter of an hour 

 and the lakes came to an end, and we once more had to squeeze 

 and twist our way about for ten minutes along a stream which was 

 barely wide enough for our boat ; then again it widened to some 

 fifty yards across, and a quarter of am hour with the paddles 

 brought us to Kumbang. Here are five Jalcun lints in a tapioca 

 plantation running down the river's edge : behind them I found two 

 or three tombs, of one of which I attempted a sketch ; it was that of 

 the Juro-krah, one of the subordinate Jakun chiefs. The illustra- 

 tion represents the pendant or tomb of the Juro-krah — the head 

 of this Jalcun settlement — who died of fever nine days before my 

 visit. The body lies about three feet under ground, the tomb, which 

 is made of earth battened smooth, rising about the same height 

 above the surface. A little ditch runs round the grave, wherein 

 the spirit may paddle his canoe. The body lies with the feet 

 pointing towards the West. The ornamental pieces at each end 

 of the grave answer to tombstones and are called nesan, which 

 is borrowed from Malay ; on the other side of them are seen the 

 small, plain, upright sticks, called tangga semangat (the spirit or 

 life steps) to enable the spirit to leave the grave when he requires. 

 It will be seen that there are four horizontal beams on each side 

 of the grave, joined in a framework, making sixteen in all, laid on 

 the top of the grave, and so forming a sort of enclosure, in which 

 are placed, for the use of the deceased, a tempiirong (cocoanut shell 

 to drink from), a damar (or torch) in its kdki (or stand) of rattan, a 

 beliong (adze) handle, and a kwdli (or cooking-pan) ; while outside 

 this framework hangs the ambong (or basket worn on the back 



