ABSTRACT
Mr. Bibby had the misfortune to be boycotted by the Orang Kayah Pahlawan of Semantan, a powerful Malay Chief, who a erwards headed what was called the Pahang Rising. is Chief wanted “chukei,” a sort of royalty on every transaction between Mr. Bibby and the natives. Mr. Bibby, quite ignorant of the means by which these Chiefs raised their revenue, atly refused to pay. “He would see the Orang Kayah in a particularly warm place rst!” is was a mistake, as Mr. Bibby is quite prepared to admit. “Had I known,” he remarked to me, “as much of the Malay character as I know now, I should certainly have made a pensioner of him, and it would have paid me.” Nevertheless, a er a considerable amount of trouble, boatmen were obtained in spite of the Orang Kayah; and, once having defeated that individual, Mr. Bibby had no further di culty in this direction. In the last week of December 1889, thirteen boats, laden with machinery, arrived at the landing place on the Bilut. It says much for the careful supervision of Mr. Bibby’s sta that not a single thing was lost on the way. e boilers, the engine, and the ten head battery were all brought up in sections, and they were conveyed from the river to Raub by means of sleighs and rollers. ere was no vehicle of any kind to be had. e road was very so and swampy; and the goods had to be dragged over it by sheer brute force.
