A JOORNEY FN JOHORE. m 



carry my baggage, trifling as it was, be- 

 cause each man could only carry a very 

 small Joad, on account of tiie difficulty of 

 travelling. Part of the forenoon we spent 

 traversing a country covered witli rank 

 grass, wliicli reached to the lieiglit of eight 

 or ten feet; tlie ground was low and co- 

 vered witli vvater» in w iiicli grew the above 

 mentioned grass. We proceeded on our 

 journey, having for long time muddy water 

 up to the knee; a little after it reached as 

 high as the thighs, and finally we found 

 ourselves in mud and water up to the 

 waist. Then 1 began to believe that what 

 the Batin had told me was true; but, before 

 ttirniugback, 1 asked my guides if the depth 

 of the quagmire would increase furtlier, and. 

 as they answered that we were just no^v in 

 tlie deepest part, we continued our way, 

 and in about half an hour after we found 

 ourselveB on dry ground. We entered a 

 good fnofpalli,but(hd nol <^iijoy i( h>ug,for 



