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THE LAWANG SAKATUN.
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kerchief up to mine as a protection, removing it now and then in order to gaze at the group around us.

When tea was made, our comestibles were spread upon plantain leaves, and we set to with the avidity of hunters, the men apparently enjoying their meal with equal zest in a circle of their own.

A small room like a closet formed our dormitory, and here upon a few rough planks, over which our servant threw a blanket, we slept the sound sleep of travellers fatigued with a long day's work and the want of rest the previous night.

By five next morning we rose and continued our upward route, the summit of the Pangarango being eight miles distant from the hut of Tjiburrum. We had not proceeded far before we saw two large rocks standing opposite each other like the pillars of a gate. The mandoer, on passing them, took off his tudong[1] most respectfully, an

  1. ↑ Tadong, a species of conical-shaped hat.
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