VlhUAHU. OF I'EUIR. 



(4loalcd at lOtliiTs, rxcepl. llh' (iiannol was kept, 

 which iisiially luul n siifficieiit draiinlit. of wator 

 for light ))oats : InitJin iiuwiK^ricnct'd ])erPon had 

 better have a native to pilot hinij which prevents 

 ttic annoyance <rf ^^ntiniially getting thr 

 perched upon s^U mi sm^^tmks The mmS^ 

 of till' rivor is very serpentiiK^ ; and afror onter- 

 iufi' it. ihr l)atiks are covcml witli shndn arid 

 plants, foniiiug a douse vegetation, among wliich 

 Amii^ Uicifolia, ii&mt^ ^fej » pTt)fiirft«l of 



vevo iiiinKn'ous, a!^ also the Achrostkim at^mmf 

 ami otlier ferns. Native housos appeared min- 

 gled with the gi'acefiil, waving hamboo, cocoa 



palms, pkntama, mi/O&m 



ive arrived at the small villai>'o of Pedir, wliich 

 is a eolleetioii of thatched Maiay habitations. 

 Herds of l)nffalof!s \vere refresliiut;- themselves in 

 the stream, and had a strange appearaii<56 

 jsfeeltt -mtlk olily tlie liead ahwfe iii'Ib^ Jliftm- 

 tives informed us that alligators Wig?© ttlimerous 

 in the river. We di<l not oliserve any dnriog 

 tbn time we remained at Pedir ; and from the 

 buHaloes not being attacked, it is probable they 

 are not iium«Rms akwit the lower part of the 

 Wer* After baliiiiig, the hufeloes not being 

 troubled with many of the projections called 



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