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July 5, 1914.
Samarinda to Sungai Meriam.

To-day is the beginning of my trip from Borneo to Celebes, with five Buginese and an old Chinaman whom I am taking along as a cook, in the two masted schooner named "Alnoer" of which I am skipper.
The Buggis promised to be ready to sail at eight o'clock this A.M. but turned up about noon, so when we had gotten my things aboard I went and said good-bye to my friends, Mr. Gray and his family, Mr. Bleykonans and finally to Mr. Olmeyer and his family; I could see them waving to me until we were more than a mile down the river.
Stop at the customs inspector's and then drift and sail slowly on down the river, finally anchoring about midnight just off Sungai Meriam.

July 6, 1914.
Sungai Meriam to Muara Bekapai, Tg. Kee.
It was just getting daylight when I awoke this morning and all way calm and clear; I sent Hadji Mohamat Arsat ashore to the customs Inspector and when he returned we got up sail and slowly sailed down the river, tacking backwards and forwards, and twice running aground on mud banks but getting off without much trouble in each case.
The tide began to run flood about four o'clock in the afternoon so we anchored and waited until about eight o'clock in the evening when we began rowing and drifting down stream, finally anchoring in Muara Bekapai off Tandjong Kee about two o'clock in the morning when the tide again began to flood.