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22 JOURNAL OP A RESIDENCE
by the Malays in the eastern islands, is com-
mon here. This is a high stage erected in the
centre of the fields, with lines extending to elastic
poles in every direction, with little branches af-
fixed to the lines, so that the least motion at the
centre agitates the whole. The spontaneous growth
of the banks of the river are cane-reeds from six
to ten feet high ; the tops of these canes are excel-
lent provender for cattle: there were also varie-
ties of trees unknown to me, but none of them
apparently valuable as timber, and the soil from
the edge of the river is an unvaried stratum of
rich sandy loam. In the evening we came to Pau-
layn, where the river sends off two branches ; one
goes to the south-south-west, and falls into the
sea at China Buckeer, as I am informed; the other
to the north-north-east, and on each of the points
formed by these rivers, are villages.
December 7. To-day we entered that part of
the river, called by the natives the Great River,
or Erawuddie; and on the eastern shore passed
a town, called Yaughoon. The Erawuddie is
about 700 yards at this junction, and goes off with
nearly the same breadth to the south-west, and
empties itself into the sea at Bargue Point. Bcr-
gue or Broghee river is the great outlet of the
Erawuddie.
December 13. In our progress to-day, saw part
of the process of making indigo, the plant steep-
by the Malays in the eastern islands, is com-
mon here. This is a high stage erected in the
centre of the fields, with lines extending to elastic
poles in every direction, with little branches af-
fixed to the lines, so that the least motion at the
centre agitates the whole. The spontaneous growth
of the banks of the river are cane-reeds from six
to ten feet high ; the tops of these canes are excel-
lent provender for cattle: there were also varie-
ties of trees unknown to me, but none of them
apparently valuable as timber, and the soil from
the edge of the river is an unvaried stratum of
rich sandy loam. In the evening we came to Pau-
layn, where the river sends off two branches ; one
goes to the south-south-west, and falls into the
sea at China Buckeer, as I am informed; the other
to the north-north-east, and on each of the points
formed by these rivers, are villages.
December 7. To-day we entered that part of
the river, called by the natives the Great River,
or Erawuddie; and on the eastern shore passed
a town, called Yaughoon. The Erawuddie is
about 700 yards at this junction, and goes off with
nearly the same breadth to the south-west, and
empties itself into the sea at Bargue Point. Bcr-
gue or Broghee river is the great outlet of the
Erawuddie.
December 13. In our progress to-day, saw part
of the process of making indigo, the plant steep-