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given by D' Raton, liie assistanl surgeoij of 

 the lionourable Company, to my Portuguese 

 boy, he recovered. 



REMARKS ON THE RIVER BAPTDT. 



This river has its source about the cen- 

 tre of the Peninsula. A boat can comt* 

 down from its source to the sea in three 

 days, and I suppose that five days would 

 be spent in going up. It is very crooked 

 from its source to tiie iiabitation of Uie Ja- 

 kuns, but not deep. I crossed it in many 

 places, having water scarcely up to the 

 thighs. But from tlie kampong of the Ja- 

 kuns to the sea it is very deep; in many 

 places 1 could not reacli the bottom with a 

 stick of three fatlioms. The two banks are 

 so low, that the true channel of the river 

 cannot be distinguished witliout some difli- 

 culty : the great quantity of large trees 

 which grow to tlie midille of the river make 



