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fit. The two bird taxidermists went with us. We sailed down the river on the ebb tide which helped us immensely. The boat was of large size with a large cabin. The crew consisted of a family of Chinese, 3 men & two women & children who lived in the stern of the boat. 

About midnight we reached our anchorage opposite the mouth of a small stream or loch which we had to ascend. As soon as the tide turned & flood began we started out soon after midnight

The men & women helped the boat along by rowing all the way as it was calm
Kellogg & I slept on deck forward where there was a fine breeze but the rowers who stood over us annoyed us somewhat.

[[circled]]21[[/circled]] We landed at [[strikethrough]]sm[[/strikethrough]] daylight at a small village & took porters to Longton where we expected to find Andrews. At the village we