132 A JOURNEY IN JOHORB. 



seen wounds caused by tliein, wliich after 

 several weeks were yet quite fresh. 



The state of my tw o men obliged me to 

 take a new resolution- i agreed with the 

 Jakun chief to convey me down the river 

 to near the sea, where there is a small Ma- 

 lay village under a Panghulu. He provided 

 me w itii his own boat, two of his sons and 

 a third man. The Malay Panghulu , I hoped , 

 would furnish me witli men and a boat to 

 convey me to the river of Batu Paliat. ! in- 

 tended by that way to re-cuter the interior 

 of the Peninsula, and prosecute my first 

 intended journey. 



On the i 8th, I left the Jaktms of Banut. 

 Two days and a half were spent in coming 

 down the river. The boat being unfit to 

 sleep in, I passed the two nights on the 

 bank, and, as on both sides of the river 

 the ground is generaliy low and covered 

 with water to a considerable depth, we cut 

 some forked poles, and upon these placed 



