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Before we reached this kampong at the mouth of the Ritan I had been told that the Kanyah women were very handsome and have ex-tremely long ears, but we did not see them as they were practically all away from the lamin, in the rice fields cutting the paddy. 

February 5, 1914. 
   Muara Ritan to Pondok Batu. 

        We were informed by Eko that we could get plenty of fine new rice here so we were troubled to find that although the Dyaks have a good crop of paddy, practically none of it has been pounded, but when I went to them this morning, they promised to pound some and bring it to us up here. 
       The business of Olmeyer and the Radin here, is to make a sketch map showing the locations of the various and numerous caverns in which are found edible bird nests. This work is being done for the Sultan of Koetei. 
       Leaving the mouth of the river about seven o'clock this morn-ing, we reached the landing place about noon and a few minutes later Olmeyer and Eko in their respective prahns, arrived. 
       After rice (lunch) things were gotten on shore and made up into packs, and then we marched inland; about an hour's walk brought us to the mouth of a cave, the entrance of which has been used as a shelter for Dyaks when they have been collecting bird's nests. Where we left the bank of the Ritan, the country is all very level but in some places there are swamp or mud holes in the centre of which are springs, some of which are claimed to be salt-ish, though to me the water tastes perfectly fresh. The path from the edge of the river is perfectly straight for about a mile and a half, at which point it begins to wind back and forth as it leads
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