A JOUB^iEY IN JOHORE, lOd 



and one as pilot. My provisions consisted 

 of a few gantangs of rice and a small quan- 

 tity of dried fisli ; and a few changes of dress 

 composed my wardrobe. Experience had 

 already taught me all the difficulties at- 

 tending sucli journeys, and that a good 

 and comfortable supply of food and of 

 clothing, til ougli very useful, would, under 

 such circumstances, be more cumbersome 

 than advantageous, on account of the dif- 

 ficulty of transporting them. So 1 took 

 with me only what was absolutely neces- 

 sary to support my own existence and tJiat 

 of tlie two persons wlio accompanied me 

 for tlie space of one month » the supposed 

 duration of tlie journey 1 was tften under- 

 taking. 



My intention was to enter the Malayan 

 Peninsula by ttie river of Johorc, and, con- 

 tinuing the route by land throng] i tlie 

 jungle with whicli the Peninsula is almost 

 entirely covered, to direct my march in 



