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coiiragement to the U'^de iwCafa^ which had been foriie time difcontU 
nued.* 
The 
* The report of this journey i« entered in the Company's records. An mctfit, con taming 
the geographfcal part, h here given- ** June till. 1771. We fct out from P^u/n Fundsngt and 
went in boats ro the qualloc of PtsaJtg Smu river, which is Atuated tn the biy of fappamofyt 
aboiat tea or twelve miles to the fouth eail of ihe former. The next morning we went up tbi* 
river in fiiinpajis, and la aHom- fl* Jivuiij arrived at a few Malay houfc^j, at n pJacc esl.'etf qatiihe 
LoomtHfU The whole of the coumry, on both fides of die river, 15 low, covered with woods, 
and uninhabited. About a quarter of a mile from heflce^ on the oppofite fide of the river, is 
a B^ta c&mp^ng (village) fituated on the furomit of a Tcry beautiful and regular little hill, which 
rifea in apyramidical forni» in the middle of a fmall meadow. June ajd. We walked tlu:ough a 
level, woody country, to camfmg loomesi } and next day to Sa-i^rong, We next proceeded to 
Tappslivt to SicciSi and to Sa-fifsng> The taft h fituated on the banks of Batatig Tara river, 
three or four days journey from the fea j fo that our courfe had been hitherto nearly pmallel with 
the dlre£Uon of tlie coalh July ift. We kit Set-ptfangt and direftcd our courfe towards iht 
hills, following nearly the Gourfe of Mat at^ Tara river* TWc travelled ait thif day tlu-ough a 
low, wood, and entirely uncultivated country. Our gnidc had propofed to reach to a Batta cnm' 
pQng t^dW^A L^timhoo I but [HfOing the road, we were obliged to wade up ihe river becween four 
and Eve miles, and in the afternoon arriTcd at a l&ddang (rice plantadon) extremely £iatigise4 s 
where the badnefs of the weather obliged us to flop and take up our quarters in an open paddee- 
ihed. The ne^t day the river was fo much fwelled hv the hcavv rains, that we could not pro- 
ceed, and were forced to pafi that day and night in the fame uncomfortable fituation. July jd, 
"We left the tsMmg^ and walked thitough a tcry iircgular, uninhabirca country, full of roclcfi?, 
and covered with woods. We this day crofled a ridge of very ftecp and high hills, and inlhe 
afternoon came to an inhabited and well cultivated country, on the edge, of the plains of 4ii£6h* 
We flept this night in a fmall open flied, and the next day proceeded to a campong called Coi^t 
Lambing, July 5th. We wrnc through a more open, and very pleafant country to Ttr'mharoQ, 
a large Batta campong fituaicd on the foutherik edge of AncQtu-. The country hereabout k emirely 
cleared of wood, and either ploughed, and fown with paddii or jaggatig (Indian corn), or ufcd 
as pafture for their numerous (locks of buffaloes, kinc and horfes. July 7th. We left Teript- 
baroo, and proceeded on our journey to Sa-mofam. Tlie country round is full of fmall hills, 
but clear of wood, and moftly pafture ground. July roth. We proceeded tow&rdt SatoMg Onmf, 
the campong where the Mahjs ufed to pure ha fc caflia of the Battas. After about three hours 
walk over an open, hilly country, we again came into thick woods, in whicli we were obliged 
to pafs the rjigbr. The neat moxnlng we crofTed another ridge of very high hills, covered en- 
»ti^iely with woods. In the evening we arrived at Batan^Onan, This campong \t fit u ate J in 3 
very cxtenfive plain, on the hanks of a large river which empties into the ftrails oi Malatcai and is 
.Cud to be navigable for large floops, to within a day's journey of this pJaet, Jttly nth. We went to 
Favka Mcait the raja of whTcli claims the property of the caflia trees j and his people ufcd to cut 
.au^d cure the caflia, and car-ry i* to Batang Qnm. The neareft cafEa trees are about two Si ours 
walk from Pania-do^kot ; on a very high ridge of mountains, July i4thr We left BaiAng Qnan^ 
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