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Tuesday, April 8, 1913.
Samoentai.

When the tide began to flood, I called a couple of natives to go and get water for me and I went with them. We paddled up to the head of the bay and then in a small stream where at the beginning, the canoe had to be dragged over the broken rock to where the water was a little deeper & they could pole along through the mangroves to where the salt water did not reach and the stream was as clear as crystal. Here they filled the "puncarans" (large water jars) & I had a good bath & then hunted for small birds, etc. and visited the head of the Kampong whose house was here and had out of courtesy to look over a lot of sick children and women. Return to the prah[[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]]^[[u]] just at dark. I do not seem to be able to get any natives; although they seem to want work they seem afraid of me because I am a european. The way the wind is now I cannot sail anyhow, so I will wait until the wind is favorable and then demand two or three of them to take me to Derawan.

Wednesday, April 9, 1913.
SAmoentai.

Ah Sing's leg is still in bad condition from the burn he got at Seliman, and although he cooks and moves about a little, he is in pain and cannot do any work.

     When I had finished preparing the specimens of yesterday, I called some Baja[[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]]^[[u]]s and I again went to the head of the bay and with the head of the kampong and six other natives hunted through the jungle for two or three miles to the clearings of some Dyaks.  Their paddy is just about ready to be gathered and is very fine.  Upon returning, I got a fine specimen of Arctictis binturong and got back to the prahn after dark.  Ah Sing had makan ready but he is