ooritimiacl on up etraam,, •"gtoppli^ once or twice to let the Dyaka 

 gatbur fruity tlioiigii most of tiie fruit t^as not thoroughly ripe* 

 The Byakaalf/ayB seam to be T/atoMn^? for fruit mhen thty are padd-* 

 li.iig%. and om <>i%m h&mTB the© rmm^rk regartiiig the Tariotis fruits 

 sad trees* 



3m t after dark we reaohat % ^'raolstt^^ m raft or logs on ^lioh 

 was Milt a lio'iiae, an:! not far linuk from the ri¥ar; I was toM 

 thsra IB a laniin of BOm '^Jfeny^iit** ^^nkB Imt betwson the riTar and 

 tlm laiia ia a long etretoii of flooaed swaarp, so wo did not go ii^p,, 

 thougli I 3hOi3ld XiX$ to hate dorio go# 



oleepiHrj on the rsakot I gomad ^lt€ comf ortaola t}io^gh OlmeyBr 

 and SJiO slept in prshiia-^ 



Dioriiig- tha evening I oaa^t a young i^ytliOB which oriwloa up on 

 th© raft ana gs¥e eonia of t'ha ns:tl¥0B a soare* 



Fa1)rmry 4 t 1914 # 



Haafeet to Long Bleh* 



Wit-h a good early start aM hard laddiing and poling, m reaah@t 

 Muare Hitaxi, or the mouth of the Bitaa tIybt about half past tkree 

 o'^cloclf in the afternoon* Here is a ^lamin'' of Kenjeh l>yal« ana 

 two email Jlalay houres on thji other of tlia river* 



The iBJiiln ie OTer two himdrad f*-at long- and the frame rmrk of 

 encrmoua hewn timl^ara* wl^raas purtitioiie are made of hown boards 

 al» of !M?avy lark* 



It ?me a fina figlit to ea# about fifty imle Keu^rnhB pounding 

 and oleaning rice, preparliip* for a lon^ Journay to Upper Kajaa* 



llaarly all tribes of Byake €ire compo^d of ootii light and dark 

 el:itotd indi Ti duals , tmt %hB lanymhs art all light in color, being 

 almost as whito aa Imropsmns or praotioaily tJio eaiiB as Chinoeet 



