FEDERATED MALAY STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 9 August 1907, Page 4

FEDERATED MALAY STATES.

suw zealaxd suivici'oirs i;xLM.uIKXChS. Writing liuiU Kuantau on May 4. Mr ;•). .Mouai yiwi au iuU'iv.itiug narratiw oi liu- in the Federated Malay j Stale-. A-> i said in my hint letter Uial 1 1 would »ciid you juither account •> ot this new world, I am to yju a daily description oi' niv trip to Bukit i'aloh. Mukit i'aloh is a liill ahoui il'iin) tort nituati'd oil tin- boundary between tiie federated -Malay Slates mid the State or Tuuuaiio, olio oi the Siamese Stairs. It is iihout 'it> miles iroiu Kuantan in a iHirth-wr:-terly diivelion. In tliis country oik- docs not measure a trip |jy tin* miles travelled, hut l>y lhe days taken over it. The trip to i?ukit l\\»oh should he doiH* in al>ont ten days. No white man has been there before, and no trijr >lation is as yet erected on it. This is the duty I luive to perform. It you I'uilmv nic with the helping aid of imagination, assisted by these nous, \<>n will ohl.iin a fair idea how work is done in tlii- part ot" ihe woriil. 11ciiiemlnT thai tin- whole Stale is covered with jungle and that the only highways through the country are naturo'.s water-

We left Kuantan to-d;ty in the househoat set apart by the Department for my -pecial u-e. accompanied with four river sampan-. The sampans are lor the higher leaches oi the river, and loiiw into Use alter we leave the houseboat. The hoiisc-boat is 30 ieet long, 811 wide, and 2tt Uin deep, dei-ked and roofed over with what we call rajany. Under the decking we have stored a.I our equipment and 100d —loud sullicieni for six weeks. The total weight of equipment and food runs close to two lon>. The iron beacon i'or the Jiukit weighs alone 0 twu, and there is clment. paim, and other tools, 'ihere is ioijoibb oi rice lor tiie 2u coolies, to say nothing about my .supplies, in.-3Lruiuent&, and a host of other tilings. \\ hen 1 look at the load of supplies i wonder how L am going to get it all there. Once on board the house-boat there is no need to get oil from one day's end to another. All cooking, washing, bathing and sleeping can be attended to on board. lam writing this on my camp table in the centre ol the boat, and three feet from me towards the bow six coolie* are paddling away; in the stern of the boat my (~nine>e boy is cooking. Alongside the cookrdiop, a coolie j.-> standing with the big broad oar steering; alongside the steersman is a crate carrying my meat—at present in the shape ol a dozen tough and ancicnt-iook-iug On board there are, all tuid, 1- persons, made up of one Britisher, one Chinaman, three Tamils, seven , Malays. Eight .Malay coolies are bringing along the four sampans. Sunday, May sth—Yesterday we made our wjay twelve miles up the river; it ia slow work paddling: to-day we are polling our way along, six poles going, it is very pleasant silting on the root 0 it he houseboat looking at the scenery; jungle to the water's edge. The river, cumins wide, with high banks oil both sides, mites and miles of jungle, broken here and there with little Malay Kampongs (collection oi huts), peeping over tiie top of the banks. lam extremely sorry now that i did not study botany, lor then 1 should be aide to descrilw .-ome oi' the beautiful plants seen. One 1 saw and knew, bringing back memories oi school days and school books, was the traveller's palm. it was too far in oif the bank lor nie to see if 1 could obtain water irom the loaves, but I will try this on the iir.-d li;«ndy one. V* e have ju-d struck a sand-bar, anil the houseboat is stuck, and all 'the coolies are in the water trying to shove it over. The coolies don't care about plunging into the river, thorp beini; 100 many crocodiles about, to make it pleasant. The crocodiles are very rapid in their movements, and it is very dillieuif to get a sliot at them. I sat on top of the houseboat for nearly two hours watching ahead for a >!io(, but no luck; plenty of pigeons kept swooping across from bank to bank, but 1 ww* not after them.

It was Very amusing listening to the collies grunting to gel the houseboat over the .-audbar. One grunts in the hope that the other will push, and as tliey are all grunting the houseboat remains stuck. Later, the houseboat is over -1 went out and did Die grunting: I -aid. tli" lion -"boat i- mimc in the coolies are still grunting—-ixfv '•ents ;i day: I wonder whai liiV looks like Irtiin their viewpoint. The riv-T is twisting about more today: yesterday long curves and we never seem to gel round the next ninu-r: the bills arc clo-ini; in. ion. and jungl;- all ilie way. We -aw a small hill, clo-i' to the river. ahead ot' US; this was .il aljoiil It'll in the morning: at '■) in llie afternoon it was .still ahead of u>, itliliongli between those In it was behind lour nr live times and ahead about th«* same; at four o'clock it was !•; hind, and I believe now that we will keep ahead oi it. It, moving about in lhai strange fashion, was most annoying. I lie plotting of the river now ,al i».:jn p.m. >ho\v* that we have been going ill cum- and loop* all day; several places we could have .-aved hours of polluig il' we had carried the houseboat overland. .My Chinese U>y amused inc greatly to-day ai one plate on tin.* bank. A troupe oi monkeys were molding each otiler and having a general l'cUfiv oi each uiiier's rekuiuii* and an(\.Mi»r-> back several generation?.. My I.KM ihougla lie couid act as peacemaker and brought out a banana lor them 10 Miaa, .so that peace cuuld be established and Liley cuuld live ! > ippily ever alterbut they reiur i to recognise liis he called and coaxed in several; uuknuwn to me, languages, but hu could not make tliem understand; disgusted he heaved the banana at them, and the monkeys went oil' in haste. The boy had all the coo-ies chaliing him; i dun'l know <piite what they said, but it had relcrence to a tail jjy oar rough traveiae we an; 28 miics up river at the end ol the dav.

-Monday, (illi.—Are you a collector oi" butterllies, moths, bug.-, beetles, my friend'! Jf so, come up here and till your eases. BuUcrllic-, all colors, large and small. A week spent on this river wili, if a man is actiu; enough, a tullctlur a choice collection. Une has to lie nclhe though, because the butterllies don't linger 01 dally—they go (jiiiekiy. And do you like dia'iiKjiuls» livery night ill the darkness, diamonds iloat through the air; .some trees are ablaze with Hashes of light from the-e iliamonds--otherwise lii'ellT.js. Vmu can't eolleei these diamonds—they !o-e their lu-lre just when you reach !"l' them.

THE "llAlt'] Ni:iT" PATENT JIII.Iv 1-NG MACHINE. Yes, the "lJarlnctl" milkers have cm - tainiy come to stay; there i- no rouin lor doubt on that point. They arc ing installed in all directions. i'i- u l erected seems to l>f !in> forerunner of Iroili orders. Jnquirics speedy conviction that the I'«S UO eijnal as a simple, safe and etl'"tual Milking Machine. Its patented iniproveiiients are of a very high ord;f, and Mibstantial in character. Thruo who have used tno machines lonw.it are tin? loudest and most frequent in ' heir praises. It will be well for all ,111 ending buyers to get their orders promptly hooked; the new se ison is at the doors; delay means trouble and loss '■ v 111■ 11 th enme in if farmers are not ready, for full particular* applv to C. Pahl ami Co., Ltd., TMuierston |N'orjh; "I 1 Taranaki Farmer-,' Co.. 1.ti1.. I New Plymouth. Indents of C. and J. Clark's ladies' shoes, suitable for the season, also ladies' and g< n{-.' waviu s'ippers have arrived at l)o.-l;ril!'s. and prices can't he he it. A lae a-aiitinent of ladies' e'. 'iim;; ■■ to hand at low prices. al-i lii: • :!! known brand. of men's are! ve ",' " i ";.vr lioots always in stock.— a FRir;\i) or rni; f.wti.y '* !>••• SIK,Hr. N-w Discovery, the •v>-i:.kin>n ii remedy for nil Chest and i r uiiles: 1 lid and .'is per bottle. 01>: inalde everywhere.

1 -real t'epp' ruiTut Cure. Is fid. j IT DA/XI.CS Till' WnilU). Vo i| : =eovery i„ ni.Nlieln,. has ev.-r "I'i ii e-1 one quarter of the intend t h i f 1.1..S been e-i'ise.l by l)r. Sheldon's N-,v e,ivery fur t'nieh-. Colds. and Cov,--'■aiutien. It has bronchi ro'ief in idle most hopeles- (»«..«, i.vhei, all rise ics failed. Obtainable everywhere. for Children's Ticking f'ou"h ai night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6(1. '