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iiig it) every dir(?f tioti, at id soalveil every one of tb© 
party to itie skin. We wt^re mw two tlaya' nianh 
beyotitl ilie rmch of supplies ; many of our cooliea 
fmcl dropped ufT; sotne wei'e fairly i^xhaDHti'd, and 
we begJin to winlj our j<>ur«t'y at m\ emi. W'v^ bow- 
ever, contrived to muke a good dinner oii tlie re- 
tnainin|r f^ivvl, and linviug plenty of rice and claret, 
did not conjpkin of our fure. 
" On tin? nifxt moriiinj^ we Ktarted in better »piiitSt 
having been met by ona of the eliii'l^ of Ptuii^mnab, 
who came to welcome our approaeb^ ^tid to assure 
us if we walked on foot wo sliould reach a village 
in the afternoon. For tire llrst piU"l of the day, our 
route wan stiU ovc*r ^tuiiL^ncioo^ niomitains, somelitnes 
in tlie bed» of rivera for mile», and at all times diili- 
eult ; but about noon we came into a country tliat 
fiad once been cleared, and ajfJiin fell in Willi the 
Muima Uiver, wbicU wc crobsed on a raft previtiuii*ly 
prepared for the purpose^ many of the cbiefH and 
people of Pat!Bun\ah baving a^ssembled to meet us. 
We had still, however, a very tsteep aacent to en- 
counter ; but no Hooner bad we sttaiaed the suniniit, 
and bent our tsiepn downward*!, ibau our view ojjen- 
ed upon one of the tinest coun tries I ever beheld, 
amply compensatiufj ua for jill the dreatuacRs of the 
forestj and for all tin; latij^ea we had undergone ; 
perhaps tlie prospect was heightened by the contraal, 
but the country I now l)eiii*ld reminded me m mucli 
of scenes in Java, and was in every respect so difl'ei'- 
ent to that on the voimU that I coidd not help ex- 
