62 INTERIOR OF BORNEO. 



On our passage through the gorge nothing had been seen of the 

 rubber, so my anxiety was great. But on the morning after leav- 

 ing Long Tepin, we reached Long Inian, and there, sure enough, 

 on the gravel bank was the ball of rubber which proved to be 

 none the worse for its rapid voyage. I was assured that this 

 had been done hundreds of times with rubber and it always 

 fetched up at Long Iman, even if it was occasionally detained 

 by rocks or whirlpools. Once a ball of rubber stuck in the 

 gorge for 6 months and its owners gave it up for lost ; but it 

 eventually turned up rather battered and broken at Long 

 Iman. 



From here homewards there was nothing of interest in my 

 journey, and after leaving DyauBlawing and his escort at their 

 village, I proceeded on and reached Claudetown after an 

 absence of seventeen days, the return journey having only 

 taken four days. 



11. S. Douglas. 



Note : — The term ' Long ' which is used, is a Kayan word meaning the 

 mouth of a river. Thus Longr Taoh and so forth. 



