SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. 
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OR the 25th set off fur Manna by a tliffcTent route 
to that by vvhidi we had arriverl. Our first day's 
journey was to Cam unman, which we readied a Httle 
before six in the eveiimg', afier the hardest day*a 
walk I ever experienced. We calculated ihat we 
Iiad walked more than thirty miles, and orer the 
worst of roads. Hitherto we had been fortunate in 
onr weather ; hut before we reached this place,, a 
heavy rain cjime on, ami soaked us completely- The 
baggage only came up in part, and we were content 
to sleep in our wet clothes, under the best shade ive 
could find. Ko wood wouid bnni ; there was no 
moon ; it was already darkt and we liad no shelter 
erectetl : By pcrRevff ranee, however. I made a toler- 
able place for Lady Ihi ffles, antf, after fieleclsng ibe 
smoothest Htone 1 could find in the lied of a river for 
a pdlow, we manafr*'d to pasa a toU'rably comfortable 
night. Thi>j is what is here called the Ula Pino 
road ; and we were encouraged to undertake loDg 
marclie^^» hi the hope of only sleepitiff in ihn woods 
one ni<^dit, and in this we fortunaiely siocceedetl. 
" The next day we reached Merambung, where 
we got Mpnn a raft, and were wafted down to the 
vicinity of Manna in about seven hcmra. The pas- 
sage down the river was extremely romantic ami 
^and ; it is one of the most rapid rivers on the 
coast : we dencended a rapid almost every hundred 
yards. 
" After proceeding from Manna to Cawoor, we 
returned by the coast to Bcncoolen, where we ar- 
