CHAPTER IV

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MY LIMBANG JOURNAL--_Continued_.

Start on the Land Journey--Our Course--Ascend the Rawan Torrent--Attacked by Hornets--Native Remedy--Severe Effect of Sting--Disturbed by Ants--Japer left behind--Fresh Traces of Strangers in the Forest--Appearance of the Country--Water Snake killed--Our Adventure with One--The Swimming Cobra--Romantic but timely Meeting--Story of Pangeran Mumein and the Murut Concubine--Malay Revenge--Punishment of an Offender--Cause of the Borneans being converted to Mahomedanism--Capturing the Daughter of Johore--Independent Position of the Pablat Borneans--Reach the Wax-seekers’ Hut--Flesh of the Wild Boar--The Adang Muruts--Their Sumpitans--The Poison on the Arrows--Melted in hot Water--Weapons purchased, not made by them--Dress of the Muruts--Japer rejoins us--Continue our Journey with new Guide--Method of catching Fish--Effect of Loss of Blood by Leeches--Extraordinary Insect--The Freshwater Turtle--Its Description--Curious Fly--Poisoning the River--Getting short of Provisions--Galton’s Method of dividing Food--Adopt it--Improvidence of the Malays--Cry of the Wahwah--Rejoin the Limbang--Omen Bird--Prepare for Enemies--Quarrel among the Guides--Divide the Party--Hard Walking--The Otter--A Fight with my Dogs--Still beyond the Mountain--Find good Huts--The Stragglers--The last of the Food--Ascend the Mountains--Exhaustion of the Guides--The Remains of the Ham--Its Effects--Reach the Summit--Descend to the Farms--Meet the Adang Muruts--Hearty “Welcome--Names--Recent History of these Villagers--Kayan Attacks--Driven from the Limbang--The Geography of the Country--The Houses--Cold, and Fire-places--Arrival of my Followers--Sir James Brooke--The Friend of the Aborigines--His Fame had preceded me--How Reports spread--The Tigers’ Cave--Curious Story 80

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