no A JOURNEY 



living tar from the place where we were, 

 we proposed to pursue our inquiries further* 

 and to go to Sungey Ufoiig^ anotlier of the 

 Mcnangkabaw states, at a distance of two 

 days walk from iiunibau. 



With much pleasure 1 will mention here 

 that on the several occasions I stopped at 

 Rumbau, 1 found the inhabitants very po- 

 lite, hospitable and entirely inoffensive; 

 they are assuredly the most civilized of all 

 the Malays living outside of the Company's 

 territory; at least according to my know- 

 ledge. 



On the fourteenth , we left Rimiban. After 

 having walked for some time in paddy fields , 

 we entered the jungle, where we journeyed 

 all the rest of the day; in the evening, we 

 stopped at a small hot inhabited by a single 

 man, where we passed the night. 



On the fifteenth, about twelve o'clock, 

 we reached the state of Sungcy Ujong, We 

 spent the afternoon in the village near the 



