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Thursday, April 3, 1912.
Pulo Kanioengan Ketchil.

     I was awakened about 4:00 A.M. by the flapping of rigging;as there had sprung up a heavy wind from the north, we could just lay our course for Kanioegan and would have reached there in an hour and a half had not the wind changed so that we ended up at Pulo Kanioengan Ketchil where I collected eight small herons and then late in the afternoon headed for Selima[[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]]^[[u]], reaching there about 7:00 P.M.

Friday, April 4, 1913
Telok Selima[[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]]^[[u]].

     Arise early and go in the canoe to the upper end of the bay to see Mr. Olmeyer of Samarinda who, natives told me, was there with about 30 coolies. When I reached the upper end of the bay I met a Hollander who told me Mr. Olmeyer had left about 15 days ago for Beraoe.  These people are going to lumber this section, which contains much fine hard wood.  It is, I believe an American company.  Returning from the upper end of the bay we came along slowly & near the bank but got only two curlew.  As soon as I reached the prahn, Tambie went ashore to get some vegetables and Boega went to Kamioengan to get his wife.

    Last night Ah Sing disabled himself by upsetting a pot of boiling water which scalded and blistered his leg from hip to toes; I dressed it but he will be unable to do anything for several days.  It rained and blew hard from about noon until just after dark.

     Boega returned with his wife whom he will take to Samuntai.

     Seliman should make a fine collecting ground and I will stop