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about this brook I saw the deserted "lapa[[strikethrough]]n [[/strikethrough]]^[[u]]" or hut of a native and approached it to within a few feet when by good luck I caught sight of a "bulatic" or spring spear set by the owner of the place right where anyone who approached would be sure to be struck.
I got back on the prahn about 1:00 A.M. with a mouse deer.  I heard two or three pigs but did not catch sight of them.

Wednesday, March 19, 1913.
The mouth of Sangkoelirang Bay.

This wind was about northwest this morning and it did not take us long to reach Sankoelirang.  I wanted to go to Pulo Rinding and meet Hadji Radin Schariff Nilo Perbongs[[strikethrough]]u [[/strikethrough]]^[[a]], but although the wind shifted back and forth several times we were unable to lay a course to that island so gave up the idea and proceeded east nearly to Tanjong Batoe Pagar where we were becalmed and anchored to await the wind.  There were two heavy squalls during the day which gave us a good shaking up.

Thursday, March 20, 1913.
Tanjong Batoe Pagar to Manoembar R.

We got a breeze this morning about 3:30 which lasted until daylight when we were again becalmed and anchored at the edge of a reef.  Tambie and Boega took their fish spears and the two small boats and went after fish;while they were gone Ah Sing cooked the rice.  They were not away long for the breeze came from the west.  They got some fish, enough for a good meal. We went slowly along nearly a mile to the east of Manoembar where there was a clearing; we thought we could get some vegetables here so I went ashore with Tambie and Boega but could get nothing, except a bunch of bananas.  These