Here again the upheaved slatey rock appeared, with the same dip and direction as in the Sadong River.

On inquiring for a boat to take me down the stream, I was told that the Senna Dyaks, although living on the river-banks, never made or used boats.

They were mountaineers who had only come down into the valley about twenty years before, and had not yet got into new habits.

They are of the same tribe as the people of Menyerry and Sodos.
They make good paths and bridges, and cultivate much mountain land, and thus give a more pleasing and civilized aspect to the country than where the people move about only in boats, and confine their cultivation to the banks of the streams.
After some trouble I hired a boat from a Malay trader, and found three Dyaks who had been several times with Malays to Sarawak, and thought they could manage it very well.

They turned out very awkward, constantly running aground, striking against rocks, and losing their balance so as almost to upset themselves and the boat--offering a striking contrast to the skill of the Sea Dyaks.