JOURNAL KEPT DURING A JOURNEY AGROSS THE 
MALAY PENINSULA, 
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Friday, 10th April, 1885.—Left Taipeng for Port Weld 
by train at 10.15 p.m., accompanied by Major Wa.ker, SDs 
tain Gites, and Mr. Lister, and arrived at Port Weld after 
a 25 minutes’ run. Shipped on board the A/ert, lent by the 
Resident Councillor of Penang, and started for Pangkor at 
11.15 p.a. The launch Constance had been sent on to Bernam 
the previous day with a guard, and the Ainta being disabled, 
it would have been impossible to start without the Alert. 
Saturday, llth April—Arrived at Pangkor at 6 a.m. 
Mr. Dew, the Acting Superintendent, came onboard. Went 
ashore with Major Watxer and Mr. Lister, and inspected the - 
buildings. We ieft Pangkor at 2 p.m., and anchored inside 
the Bernam River at 6.30 P.M. 
Sunday, 12th April—Under weigh at 4 a.m., and reached 
Saba at 6.30 a.m. Mr. Jones and Rajas Input and Bipin 
came on board. Mr. Jones told us Mr. Hewert had gone on 
to Télok Mahang with the Constance and boats. Inspected 
the Police Station. I cannot understand the boldness of 12 
Chinese robbers in attacking the station and village. There 
must have been at least thirty people actually on the spot in 
the shops between the farm and the station. Went down to 
Raja Inpur’s house with him. The cholera is decreasing. 
Two people died yesterday, and there have been 120 deaths 
since the outbreak of the disease. Left Saba at 8.30 a.m. and 
steamed up river to Télok Mahang. Here we met Mr. Hewett 
with the Constance at 3 P.M., and after two hours’ further 
steaming arrived at Changkat Bertam, where we camped fcr 
the night, sleeping in the boats. 3 
Monday y, 18th April—aAt daylight Watxur and Hewerr — 
returned down river in the Constance, and we, having got all 
our baggage into eleven river-boats the previous evening 
