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none. She told him to go to her mother and ask for some : 

 the angry old lady refused to give it. He, in a rage drew his 

 parang and hacked at one of the posts of the house tock-tock- 

 tock and, as the house fell with a crash, he burst into loud 

 laughter. For this crime he was turned into a bird. We often 

 heard its cry on this trip : you do everywhere. 



At 9.30 we reached Jeram Halangan, our tenth rapid. 

 The Datoh shot through on his raft : the Assistant Penghulu 

 said that the Datoh's raft had nearly turned over and that he 

 was not going to dare to take me. Berkeley came up and 

 agreed with him, that we should all get out of our rafts and 

 lighten them as much as possible. So out we got. It was a 

 great pity as the rapid proved quite negotiable and we went 

 through far more exciting experiences later on. Kuala Tem- 

 engor is just below this rapid and we all stopped. The Datoh's 

 raft and mine were taken to pieces under his direction : the 

 main deck was widened to 22 bamboos or 7 feet 6 inches. 

 Under it 22 more bamboos were lashed : the rumah rakit 

 was similarly widened. With Berkeley, I visited the five 

 families (20 persons in ail) who live here: they wanted 

 rice and we left some. They gave us Indian corn and some 

 long beans. 



At Kuala Temengor we saw Meh Suli — one of the two 

 missing cow elephants — the property of the To' Muda of Kinta. 



We left at 12.45, the Datoh and I travelling in one raft 

 and Berkeley and Simmons following in another similarly re- 

 contructed, while the cook and a party came in the third ; we 

 immediately entered the Jeram Panjang. It is beautiful and 

 thrilling. On each side there is a continuous wall of rocks, 

 mostly black with a few light-topped ones ; in places the pas- 

 sage opens out into a semi-circle, but, speaking generally, it is 

 not 50 feet wide. 



As we entered, there was a tine outstanding boulder — 



Berhala To' Sih Ulu — on the left, and the Assistant Penghulu, 



Pah Mat Nor, threw an offering on to it, uttering these words : 



" Nenek miuta' tabek kita na lain: tolong hantar Tuan Besar 



clenyau Datoh Sa npei Bersiah jangan a pa cliachat chela." 



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