Samarinda to Sungal Marias* 



To-day ie tli© beginning' of mj trip froa Borneo to CeleboBg 

 with five Bii.ginase and an old Chinaman whom I mm taking alon^ ae 

 a oook^ in the two riaeted sohooner naaad "Alnoer'* of whioh I am 

 - skip|}ar# 



fh.0 Bmggia proffiised to he rea^ to sail at eight o'elook this 

 4«M# hut tmrmd mp ahomt noon, m whtn wt Imd gotten ny thii^s 

 ahcmrd I w©,nt. and aaii good^^hje to my friends^ Mr# Sray aM hie 



faiiilj^ :ir# Blaykonane and finally to Mr* OImbjbt and his f amilj; 

 I could them waTii^ to m until we wbtb more than a mile down 

 the riTer« 



Stop at the cmatoms In^aotor^s bM tMn dilft and sail slowi|^ 

 on down the riTor, finally anchor ii%' ahont midnight Juat off Sungai 

 M0riaia# 



July 6 , 1914 • 



Simgai „4eriam to hlmTB Bakapai^ Kee* 



all my calm and clear; I sent Hadji Mohamat Ar sat whore to the 

 amatoiM I^n^ipaetor sM wton he returned we got up sail and slowly 

 sailed Aomn the riwr, ta0kii%T hack?#ardB and fcrwarde, and twice 

 ninniag aground on mi. hanks hut gattii^ off without irooh trouble 

 in @a#i oaeen 



fhe tide hegan to run flood ahoitt four o'oloc'^^ in tte after- 

 noon so we anchored and waited until about eight o^^lmk in the 

 ©TOnii-^ when we began rowing and driftirii^ down etream^ finally an- 

 ohorlng in ^iuars Bakapai off '^WdJor%: ilea about o^oloek in tha 

 Hiornin^o: ^en the tide agcdn hegaii to flood*. • 



It ?/as Juet ge 



Ight w'mn I awolB this morning and 



