E8» 19M. 

 arinda, Koetei* 



AriBB ^out 7:00 0* cloak after an almost slati 



se 



Twak to lasT6 

 freat Ijoy immad IMt 



writing, 0or' 



0v@r my pa^pa'rs, et0# f»II# 

 r*e, and send Xayado , Ah Siiig & 

 th© prahn to the laadiim of the^Mtiara 



Ilindjan'^' from wlitre we left 



flie "Mmara Ilindjan'' ia a smll steaiaar belonging to the '^Bornao 

 Sumatra Handel My*"^ of Samsrinda, and plies between samarinda and 

 Long Iram* for a mile or two we were towed aatom but were oontitt-* 

 tially a^ingiiig about, ao lashed the prahn to tha port side of tim ■ 

 iteamarj to etarboard was mi iron barge which oarriee oargo and 

 paastrigers^ of which there were about ninety or one hnndrad, practi- 

 cally all Ban-J#r#at# 



At Sai»rinda tha rlTor* Mahakkam, is ¥ory broad, soto thing 

 500 B^tare aM has an awrag# dtpth of abont fifty feat* Jmat 



a low long ridgo or hill, also 

 thar# art low hills on o; 



OTor 



Ssfimrinda^ the ri'rer 

 itream from Saimrinda to ftn 



aids of ths ri¥@r# All tM land is cm 



or else has beta at 



one tiaia, md praotioallf no original forest rosminst 

 t in ewampSf ' fha enrrent ia strong and is not much inflnen 



£b§m fanggarong there are a 



tldo, except in tiiMS of draught* 

 low hills ant theao are partly on. 



the m 



'ic0 and bananas and a little corn, si so 



fh# steamer stopped for a tm minntts at fongi 



and then 



want on mp etroam,, ahortlj^ after daybraak on March 1st reaching- a 

 Icai^ong on the north hmk of the riTor nsmad S#boalO0# from Ssbot 

 W0 eteamad eteadilj nntil reaching ^Moeara Kaman'* and than steamed 

 on again reaching ''Kota Bangoen*' about 0iOO P*M» whoro wo are eptndini 



