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assistance, as we anticipated trouble getting from the river into the Vaccarana platok, by which we intended to go to the Myan.

Soon after the men joined us from Crepast, a strong head wind began to blow, which raised quite large waves, as it had a clear sweep for about 6 miles against the current.

Though it rocked our craft somewhat, it was a great assistance to us in getting into the entrance of the platok as it checked our speed.

Here, the whole country was still flooded, no land to be seen, except mountains [[left margin]] (20) [[/left margin]] in the distance. We only knew the course of the platok from the trees on each side, which protruded from the water.

As soon as we got into the platok, there was a great change, instead of the 6 mile current, with which we were swept among the islands last night, it was difficult to perceive that we were making any headway whatever. We had been told, that this platok was very crooked, and from what I could judge, about 60 or 65 versts long. If that should be the case and our progress so slow, unless we could find some game or fish we would be entirely out of provisions, before we could reach Vaccarana.

As we proposed travelling constantly, I divided our crew into two watches, which relieved each other every 6 hours, as six men were sufficient