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MY LIMBANG JOURNAL--_Continued_.

Wet Morning--Wild Cattle--A Night Adventure--View of Molu Mountain--A Pebbly Flat--Moose Deer--Our Tents--Kayan--Their Attack--Desolation--Course they pursue to invade these Districts--Difficulties--Attack the Lepuasing Muruts--Fearful Retaliation--Attacks on the Villages of the Lower Limbang--Makota’s Treachery--His Cupidity--Surprise of Balat Ikan--Alarm Signal--Advance--Fresh Kayan Marks--Inundations--Unskilful Sportsmen--Difficult Rapids--The Sertab Hills--Enter the Limestone District--A New Kayan Hut--High Pork--Effect of Pebbles on the Rock--Agreeable Evening--Omen Birds--Japer’s Method of easing a sore Heart--The Punan Tribe--The Spy--The Alligator Omen--The Bird Omen--Attack the Village--Poisoned Arrows--Destruction of a Tribe--Effect of such Forays on the Country--The Ghosts on the Tapang Tree--Numerous Bees’ Nests--Sand Flies--Seribas Omen Bird--The Salindong--Kayan Resting-place--Traces of Captives taken--Precautions--Difficulties increase--Limestone Country--Severe Toil--Accidents avoided--Hauling the Boats--River narrows--A Fresh--Towing-ropes--Story of the Death of Orang Kaya Apo--Enter the Sandstone District again--Broader River--Snakes on Trees--The same Colour as the Boughs and Foliage--Biawaks or Guanas--A large One--Their Ways--The Fowls and the Cobra--Heavy Day’s Work--Future Plans--Two Ways of reaching Adang--The flying Foxes--Huge Frog--The Madihit--Leave our Boats--Handsome Trees--Appearance of the Country--Sand Flies--Preparations for the Overland Journey--Division of Food--Our famous Hunters--A Cache--The Chinese on the Madihit 49

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