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AX EXPEUmoX TO MOEXT KINA BALE. 
I be lianie«s was broken and the luggage upset, l)ut otherwise 
no harm w'as done, and ] mounted another InitTalo, this time 
ijelnnd a iJusun driver; our progress was now safe, but the 
odour arising- from my driven- necessitated my holding my nose 
at a laterally elevated angle of 45". 
Mouihuj. Marrh loth. W'e signalled for more men t<j fetch 
the rest of our luggage, but, after long waiting, only two men 
appeared. ^\ e followed them towards Berimggis and found a 
large fair in progress where the Dustins from the interior were 
selling and exchanging their jungle produce with the Bajous, 
from the coast for Hsli, etc. liere Mr. Haynes introduced me 
to Malagujy a Dusun chief, who was to accom)>any me to Kina 
Balii, in charg'e of the coolies. Not catching the man's name 
I asked him directly for it. But was told by Mr. Haynes that the 
natives, and especially the chiefs, feel olteiided at being asked 
for their names directly ; one is supposed to know them and in 
any case must Jind them out from a third persoti. IMost of the 
Eusuns had come to tlie fair on their buffaloes, so that Ave now 
fmind no difficulty in getting sufficient conveyances for our lug- 
gage. Mr. Haynes here left me to return to Gantian, and I 
went back to Panjut, arriving there about 11 a.m. The coolies 
in the meantime had begun to gather, but appeared most indo- 
lent ; they tried package after package, but finding them all to(j 
heacy, drojtped them again in disgust. 4’he situation seemed 
hopeless ; even Malagu]j had Amnished, and in the burning mid- 
day sun I had to go to his house, tAvo or three miles distant, to 
look for liiin. I rode back on a buffalo to Panjut, but noAv our 
patience AA-ith the carriers Avas exhausted. The men had ap])ar- 
eiitly only been aAAmiting for some forcible language, and at 
last took up the luggage. We made a start at 2. BO p.m., and 
after about 10 minutes’ Avalk from Panjut Ave reached the broad 
and rapid ’ruaran river. Only a single small boat, a dug-out, 
was available, and it took more than an hour to ferry us all 
across. Here we met a joA’ial old Chinaman A\dio invited us to 
s])eiid tlie first night in his house, in the village of Bandeian, not 
((uite 2 ]ihles higher up on the right l)ank of the Tuaran. This 
Ave accepted. The first day’s march Avas thus oidy sliort, but I Avas 
glad to have made a start, and to have got the coolies away 
from their homes. Tliey camped on a nice grassy ground be- 
