GEEED AND LAZINESS, 
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we had had great difficulty in getting on in the 
absence of the Kajah. For three days we had 
been trying to get away to Waai, but no one 
would agree to row us. The people are so in- 
vet erately lazy that they would much rather do 
without the wage than earn it. One man might 
have had his disinclination overcome had we felt 
inclined to accede to his modest demand of forty 
rupees, £3, 6s., for rowing us to Tengah-tengah, 
three hours distant. As half a rupee, or 10d., 
to each rower, and 5s. for the boat, is the proper 
fare, you will see that our friend has missed his 
proper vocation,—he was evidently destined for 
a London “ cabby." 
We required an extra box to pack things which 
we had collected in Paso. After much talking, 
a man brought an old shabby trunk, so worm- 
eaten that it would have fallen to pieces with a 
kick. For this article, worth about sixpence, he 
asked only six rupees. We did without it. 
We were all ready to start on the morning 
before we really got off. Every box was locked 
and at the door, when the men who had arranged 
to take us refused to go unless they had double 
pay. After spending the whole day in vain at- 
tempts to arrange the matter or get another boat, 
we were told at night that a prahu would return 
