A JOURNEY IN JOIIORE. 
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an island of about four or five miles in length ; near this is 
another smaller called Pulo Kayu Anak Kechil. At about 
six o’clock I arrived at the small river Kamang; a few houses 
are found there, and a Panghulu resides at the mouth of the 
river ; the name of the Panghulu is Sapa. I passed the 
night in his house, and the men who brought me there re¬ 
turned to Johore with their boat. 
The next morning it was a matter of no small trouble to 
get the Panghulu to procure men and a boat to take me up 
the river. As he knew that none would consent to accom¬ 
pany me if not allowed by him, he asked such a high price 
for each man and for the boat, that I could not agree with 
him. As he remained obstinate in his first demand, T thought 
it impossible to proceed further; so I asked him at least for 
a boat and men to return back to Johore ; but this he roughly 
refused. I then began to be a little anxious, finding myself 
a prisoner in such a remote place, and in such hands. After 
breakfast we came again to a new discussion on the same 
subject, he then appeared a little more complying, and at last 
after a long parley, he consented to furnish men to convey 
me up the river for a moderate price. This man was no 
worse than any other Malay. It is generally admitted 
amongst them, that every one may use all means of making 
money whatever these means may be ; and if this man had 
not perceived that I had but very little money, I would never 
have passed on till a good part of it had found its way into 
his pocket. However I think that he is to be considered as 
an honest Malay , 
I started from that place about ten o’clock ; nothing else 
remarkable occured on that day ; only I was informed that 
near the river of Kamang are the remains of an ancient fort; 
hut I did not visit the place. About six o'clock I stopped to 
rest; I slept in the boat, and as there was no place for a se¬ 
cond person, my men went to sleep in a house on the right 
bank of the river. 
On the 8th we could make but a few miles, the river 
being then obstructed by a great quantity of fallen trees. 
My men were often obliged with great trouble to cut the 
trees and their branches when lying across the river j or 
to take up the boat to make it pass over the large pieces 
of wood they could not cut: this was somewhat dangerous 
on account of the depth of the river. At sunset I stopped 
in a desert place; my men slept under a tree near the river 
on the left bank j and I passed the night in the boat. 
On the 9th at about nine o'clock a.m. 1 reached the junc- 
