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m immense as effectually to arrest further progress. 

 For the piirpose of clearing away these obstacles, a party of 

 Dyaks landed, headed by three sons of the chief of Lundn ; 

 out of a foolish contempt for their enemies, they took 

 neither %hting jacket nor shield, AdTancing carelessly 

 in disregard of repeated cautions, they penetrated too 

 far into the jungle, and while drawiQg somo ranjowB from 

 the gronndj they were pounced upon by a number of tLe 

 enemy, who were lying in ambush ; before succour could 

 be obtained, two were cut down, and the head of one of 

 them was taken. 



I shoiild explain that a raujow ia a spike made from 

 the hard pail of the hambooj and cmmingly stuck into 

 the ground to wound the feet, It is a most fornudablo 

 contrivance in a country wliere no shoes are worn ; but 

 on a former occasion I saw a ranjow pass clean through 

 the shoe of Sir James Brooke, who the moment before 

 had cautioned me to beware of the same danger. 



The imfortunate sufferers on the present occasion were 

 both sons of the Orang Kaya of Lundu. Tliis fine old 

 chief had always been a faTOurite with the Europeans, 

 from his UEbounded gratitude and attachment to 

 the Rajali ; and much sympathy was shown at hm 

 distress. Although agcdj be was still handsome. He 

 had msaiy an interesting taJe to tell of Ms youthful 

 adventures. When Afr. Brooke first visited Sarawak in 

 1840, this chief waa sufiering by the same wretched 

 system of government, which had oppressed many others 



