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March 6, 1914.
At Long Iram is stationed a garrison of soldiers, and when I left this morning, two or three officers and the Controleur came down to see me off. Mr. Degen and I started at the same time. I leave Ibut and Kayado with the prahn and have with me Ah Sing and six Dyaks from Long Dahli, a kampong on the right hand side of the river, a couple of miles from Long Iram.

The day is very hot and the perspiration fairly runs from the bodies of the Dyaks.

We were paddling along the left bank of the river shortly after noon when the Dyaks saw a crocodile sunning itself on the opposite bank, so we paddled up stream a little further and then crossed, and when about a hundred yards away, I fired and hit the animal in the head but unfortunately the bullet smashed all one side of the head and spoiled it; it was the first long narrow snouted crocodile I have seen at close quarters, about ten feet long.

Reach a Bahan, Dyak kampong at sunset and make it a camp for the night, "Djkalang."

Mr. Degen amused the Dyaks with an electric machine by giving them shocks. They believe it some sort of spirit or "H^[[a - handwritten above strikethrough typed e]]ntu."

March 7, 1914.
Cook rice in a hurry and get started about 6:30 A.M., shoot some birds, much to the delight of the Dyaks, and also catch two snakes, but my alcohol and formaline got water spilled in it and I am afraid is not strong enough to be of any use.

Call for a few minutes at a Balian kampong (Long Klihan) and meet Hadji Buah, the female chief. Pass several prahns of Kenyah Dyaks from Upper Kajan on their way to Long Iram.

Reach Mahok Teboh just at dark and spend the night there with

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