Through Central Borneo An Account Of Two Years' Travel In The Land Of The Head-Hunters Between The Years 1913 And 1917 By Carl Lumholtz
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When Circumstances Require Quick
Action Such Men Will Dive Under The Prahu And Put Their Backs To It From
The Other Side.
There was little chance of more paddling, the prahus being poled or
dragged by rattan, and many smaller kihams were passed.
We entered the
Busang River, which is barely thirty-five metres wide at its mouth,
flowing through hilly country. The water was low at that time, but is
liable to rise quickly, through rains, and as it has little opportunity
for expansion at the sides the current flows with such violence that
travel becomes impossible. The most difficult part of our journey lay
before us, and the possibility of one or two, or even three months' delay
on account of weather conditions is then taken as a matter of course by
the natives, though I trusted to have better luck than that.
CHAPTER XVI
ARRIVAL AT BAHANDANG - ON THE EQUATOR - A STARTLING ROBBERY - OUR
MOST LABORIOUS JOURNEY - HORN-BILLS - THE SNAKE AND THE INTREPID
PENYAHBONG - ARRIVAL AT TAMALOE
Bahandang, where we arrived early in the second afternoon, is the
headquarters of some Malay rubber and rattan gatherers of the surrounding
utan. A house had been built at the conflux with the river of a small
affluent, and here lived an old Malay who was employed in receiving the
products from the workers in the field. Only his wife was present, he
having gone to Naan on the Djuloi River, but was expected to return soon.
The place is unattractive and looked abandoned.
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