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February 28, 1914.
Samarinda, Koetei.

Arise about 7:00 o'clock after an almost sleepless night and spend the morning writing, sorting over my papers, etc. P.M. pack my trunk to leave at Mr. Olmeyer's, and send Kayado, Ah Sing & a new Banjerese boy named Ibut, with the prahn to the landing of the"Muara Klindjan" from where we left about 5:30 P.M.

The "Muara Klindjan" is a small steamer belonging to the "Borneo Sumatra Handel My." of Samarinda, and plies between Samarinda and Long Iram. For a mile or two we were towed astern but were continually swinging about, so lashed the prahn to the port side of the steamer; to starboard was an iron barge which carries cargo and passengers, of which there were about ninety or one hundred, practically all Banjerese.

At Samarinda the river, Mahakkam, is very broad, something over 500 meters and has an average depth of about fifty feet. Just below Samarinda, the river cuts through a low long ridge or hill, also up stream from Samarinda to Tenggarong there are low hills on either side of the river. All the land is cultivated or else has been at some previous time, and practically no original forest remains, except in swamps. The current is strong and is not much influenced by the tide, except in times of draught. Above Tenggarong there are a few low hills and these are partly cultivated; the natives plant some rice and bananas and a little corn, also pumpkins.

The steamer stopped for a few minutes at Tenggarong and then went on up stream, shortly after daybreak on March 1st reaching a kampong on the north bank of the river named Seboeloe. From Seboeloe we steamed steadily until reaching "Moeara Kaman" and then steamed on again reaching "Kota Bangoen" about 8:00 P.M. where we are spending 

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