528 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCniTELACO. 



is the limit of the controUiir^s district in tliis direc- 

 tion. It extends but a stort distance np the Inem 

 and up the Limatang above Muara Inem, and yet it 

 contains no less that ninety-one thousand souls. 



The cordroleif/r came here to settle a difficulty be- 

 tween the people of this and a neighboring \dllage. 

 The other party had occupied a portion of the rice- 

 lauds belonging to this people, and the trouble had 

 risen to such a pitch, that the government had to in- 

 terfere, to prevent them from beginning a war, I said 

 to the rajah that, beyond Lamat, I had passed for 

 miles through a beautiful countiy, and that it seemed 

 to me he would do well to migrate there ; but he evi- 

 dently disliked such a suggestion, and the coiitroleur 

 asked me not to urge him to adopt my view, for fear 

 that he might think the government designed send- 

 ing him there, and because he and all his people 

 would rather die than go to live in any distant re- 

 gion- 



Ma^ Stk—At 6i A. M. started for Palembang. 

 My own boat, which I sent on directly from Muara 

 Inem, amved here yesterday a few hours before us, 

 having been three days in coming down the same 

 distance that we have made in two. We soon stopped 

 at the request of one of the l)oatmen to examine a 

 small bamboo box which he had set in a neighboring 

 bayou for cra^vfish. Several were found in it. Their, 

 eyes seemed to emit flashes of light, and appeared to 

 be spherical jewels of a light-scarlet hue. 1 found 

 them palatable when roasted. The boatmen also 

 found some Amptdkirm^ which they said they were 

 accustomed to eat, and I found them palatable also 



