m \ JOURNEY IN JOHORK- 



ijides there were no houses nearer Llian 

 those on the river of Banut, where I in- 

 tended to go, and which could bo reached 

 ill three days by a tolerably good footpath 

 through thick jungle. The next day, tlie 

 owners of the place gave me a fowl, some 

 kladees and other vegetables; and, as one 

 of tliem remarked that my China man com- 

 plained much of the weight of his load, he 

 olTered himself to take a part of it as far as 

 the Banut river; 1 willingly accepted this 

 olTer, and, having given several articles in 

 return for the hospitality 1 liad received 

 1 started. 



We had pretty good roads and weatlier 

 uulii about two o'clock p.m. wlien a heavy 

 thunderstorm burst over us. The Jakuns 

 toid me til at it was impossible to go furtiier 

 for that day, and at once disappeared; I 

 was anxious as to tliis, when 1 perceived 

 llieni coming hack, each bearing a hirge 

 bundle of chucho leaves, by means of 



