ABSTRACT
The country between the Sarawak river, and the Batang Lupar, including the Samarhand, Sadong and Lingah territories, appeared to be beautifully studded with mountains, not disposed in ranges, but, for the most part, solitary. All the houses on the river side were crowded with women and children in all the gaudiness which pink and yellow dresses could display. The right-hand bank of the river contains the Malayan Kampongs; the left those of the Rejang Milanowes and the Seboo Dyaks. On the right hand of the river, are the houses of the Malays—miserable residences, built on Nibong posts, and of Atap or Nipah leaves. The numbers of persons who flock to Sarawak is perfectly astonishing—whole tribes of Dyaks, and villages of Malays. If such be the case, many of the families will immediately emigrate to Sarawak, where the government is more liberal and secure.
