sin THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. 
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on the 25tli set off for Manna by a different route 
to that by which we had arrived. Our first day’s 
journey was to Camumuan, which we reached a little 
before six in tbe evening, after the hardest day’s 
walk 1 ever experienced. We calculated that we 
had walked more than thirty miles, and over tne 
worst of roads. Hitherto we had been fortunate in 
our weather ; but before we reached this place, a 
heavy rain came on, and soaked us completely. The’ 
baggage only came up in part, and we were content 
to sleep in our wet clothes, under the best shade we 
could find. No wood would burn ; there was no 
moon ; it was already dark, and we had no shelter 
erected : By perseverance, however, 1 made a toler- 
able place for Lady Raffles, and, after selecting the 
smoothest stone 1 could find in the bed of a river for 
a pillow, we managed to pass a tolerably comfortable 
night. This is what is here called the Ula Pino 
road ; and we were encouraged to undertake long 
marches, in the hope of only sleeping in the woods 
one night, and in this we fortunately succeeded. 
“ The next day we reached Merambung, where 
we got upon a raft, and were wafted down to tbe 
vicinity of Manna in about seven hours. The pas- 
sage down the river was extremely romantic and 
grand ; it is one of the most rapid rivers on the 
coast : we descended a rapid almost every hundred 
yards. 
“ After proceeding from Manna to Cavvoor, we 
returned by the coast to Bencoolen, where we ar- 
