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for about one hour, when the rain was so 

 violent that tlie Batin declared that it was 

 impossihle to ip Furtlier. We stopped at a 

 JakiHi's house, on ihe right side of theriver, 

 which is in that place no more than eight 

 or ten feet broad, but yet very deep. As 

 the branches of the trees which cross the 

 river had prevented us from keeping a 

 covering upon tlie boat, we were all wet 

 and in a very unpleasant state. We lighted 

 fires in several places to warm and dry 

 ourselves. Several of my men felt a little 

 sick all the evening. Two hours after niy 

 arrival there ^ the Batin had a severe fit of 

 fever, tlie Indo-Portuguese boy had likewise 

 an attack, but slight. I was a little anxious 

 about tlieni ; but the good appetite which 

 every one of tlieni shewed the next morn- 

 ing at breakfast cheered me up again. 

 That day I repaired to the liouse of tlte 

 Pangliulu Batin, wliicfi is in tfie interior of 

 the jungle, about one hour's walk from tfie 



