Commence the return Journey--Kayan Embassy--Indian Corn--Confidence of the People--Ophthalmia--Old Jar--Gratitude rarely shown--Anecdote--Warning to Amateur Doctors--Bezoar Stones--Arrangements at Si Lopong’s--A Nightcap--Desertion of our Guides--Murut Music--Start for the Adang--Warned of Difficulties--Abundance of Rice--Cross the Adang Mountains--Active Girls--The Anœctochilus--Attack of Fever--Arrangements in case of its continuance--Loss of Chamber to Revolver--Reach the Adang--Legend--Construct four Rafts--Pleasant Movement--Trying Position of one of the Men--The first Rapid passed--Difficulties at the second--Bold Swimmer--A Whirlpool--Danger of Drowning--Our Raft tested--Abandoned--The rest wrecked--Pass the Umur--Reach the Limbang--Construct fresh Rafts--Uneasy Anticipations--Heavy Fresh--Fine Specimen of a Raft--Push off--Dangers and Troubles--The Rafts ungovernable--The Roaring of Waters--Overhanging Cliffs--The Cataract--Awe of the Men--Shoot the Cataract--Narrow Escape--Its Height--The Men recover their Voice--Ineffectual Attempts to stop the Raft--Caught in a Whirlpool--Safety--Arrival of the other Rafts--Dangers ahead--Walk--Abandon the Rafts--State of Provisions--Nearly all consumed--Ahtan’s Secret Store--Rocks--Advance over the Kalio Hills--Sparing the Food--Exhausting climbing--“Jog on”--Feed on the Cabbages of the Bengkala Palm--Almost a Mutiny--Facing the Difficulty--Reach the Summit of the Paya Paya, or “very difficult” Hills--Night on the Summit--Our Tent--The last Fowl--Molu--The greatest Difficulties passed--Country more open--Follow the Banks of the River--Distress of the Men--Improvidence--Curious Sounds in the old Forest--Cry of the Argus Pheasant--of the Jelatuk--Rending of a Mighty Tree--Danger from Decaying Trees--Cock-fights among the Argus Pheasants. _27th._--Returned by a new path, and a shorter one, to Tabari’s house. Again Lawi was so covered with clouds that nothing but his base could be seen: it appeared about fifteen miles off in a S.W. direction. I hear that the Limbang rises in that mountain. There are houses at its base, two of which were lately attacked by the Kayans and destroyed. Just before my arrival the Kayans sent over six men to inquire whether the Muruts of the upper Trusan would submit to them and pay tribute; if they would do so all attacks should cease. It is very probable that these men came over as spies, to find out the easiest way of reaching the upper country. I missed them by a couple of days.