Wet Morning--Wild Cattle--A Night Adventure--View of Molu Mountain--A Pebbly Flat--Moose Deer--Our Tents--Kayans--Their Attacks--Desolation--Course they pursue to invade these Districts--Difficulties--Attack the Lepuasing Muruts--Fearful Retaliation--Attacks on the Villages of the Lower Limbang--Makota’s Treachery--His Cupidity--Surprise of Balat Ikan--Alarm Signal--Advance--Fresh Kayan Marks--Inundations--Unskilful Sportsmen--Difficult Rapids--The Sertab Hills--Enter the Limestone District--A New Kayan Hut--High Pork--Effect of Pebbles on the Rock--Agreeable Evening--Omen Birds--Japer’s Method of easing a sore Heart--The Punan Tribe--The Spy--The Alligator Omen--The Bird Omen--Attack the Village--Poisoned Arrows--Destruction of a Tribe--Effect of such Forays on the Country--The Ghosts on the Tapang Tree--Numerous Bees’ Nests--Sand Flies--Seribas Omen Bird--The Salindong--Kayan Resting-place--Traces of Captives taken--Precautions--Difficulties increase--Limestone Country--Severe Toil--Accidents avoided--Hauling the Boats--River narrows--A Fresh--Towing-ropes--Story of the Death of Orang Kaya Apo--Enter the Sandstone District again--Broader River--Snakes on Trees--The same Colour as the Boughs and Foliage--Biawaks or Guanas--A large One--Their Ways--The Fowls and the Cobra--Heavy Day’s Work--Future Plans--Two Ways of reaching Adang--The flying Foxes--Huge Frog--The Madihit--Leave our Boats--Handsome Trees--Appearance of the Country--Sand Flies--Preparations for the Overland Journey--Division of Food--Our famous Hunters--A Cache--The Chinese on the Madihit. _September 1st_, 7 a.m.--The night continued fine till towards early morn, when the rain commenced, and still continues. The showers are not very heavy, but there is an incessant descent of drizzle. The river rose two feet during the night, but there is a tendency to fall. I should push on immediately, only it is now necessary to open all the mat coverings, and prepare for poling; before we could stow away the baggage, they would be wet through. I must have patience. 3 p.m.--Having breakfasted, and the weather clearing, we managed to get away at 8.15, and at 11.20 passed the entrance of the Madalam. At Pulau Tambadau, so called on account of our twice disturbing a fine tambadau bull from this island, I sent the Orang Kaya round the inner passage to drive any wild cattle that might be there towards the main river; but, unfortunately, they heard him, and we saw them plunge from the end of the island into the narrow stream. He fired, says he hit one, but there was no result--very vexing, as I thought he would go so quietly as to drive the cattle towards us. Had they plunged into the main stream, we should have secured several: there were eight, some of them quite young.