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This discovery made, the grapnel was pulled up and the sampan thrust in close under the bank at the bottom of the Doctor's garden. "Nothing like trying, sir," said Peter; and landing, he carried the grapnel in to the full extent of the rope and pressed its flukes down into the earth. This was not done without noise, and the two lads stood listening for a few minutes before proceeding farther.
Jim Dent had begun to rummage in the stern, and soon drew out a broad-bladed steering paddle. He dipped this into the water and added a strong dexterous stroke to the efforts of the boatman; now the sampan began to fly. "Isn't there anything for us, Jim?" cried Jack. "Must we sit idle?" "There's not another thing to pull with in the boat," said Dent.
On the contrary: "We quite understood," she said, "how impossible it was, in such dreadful weather, to undertake so lengthy a crossing in a sampan." She smiled like a pleased child, and I should be fastidious indeed if I did not admit that to-night she is charming.
The gentlemen walked back to the town, and I went down to the landing-place in solitary state, in a carriage driven by an Indian coachman, attended by a Chinese footman. I was immediately surrounded by a vociferating crowd, each individual member of which was anxious to extol the merits of his own sampan.
Japan is indeed most delightful this evening, so fresh and so sweet; and little Chrysanthème was very charming just now, as she silently walked beside me through the darkness of the lane. It is about two o'clock when we reach the Triomphante in a hired sampan, where I have heaped up all my cases till there is danger of sinking.
The Burman sent a native boatman off to see if Moung San had reached Mandalay. The meal was scarcely ended before the light sampan was back with good news. Moung San had been in Mandalay the last two days, and now lay at his accustomed anchorage. "That's capital," said Dent. "We'll give old Moung a look up before the evening's much older."
We would go over that path, he said, and we agreed, and we would see beautiful scenery, and strange native villages, and find, Heaven alone knew, what adventure at the end. And Axel was keen to go fishing. The three of us agreed to that, too. We would get a sampan, and a couple of Japanese fishermen who knew the fishing grounds, and we would have great sport. As for me, I was keen for anything.
In the course of time our sampan arrives opposite and reveals a curious two-storied cave temple, with many gayly dressed people, pleasure sampans, and bamboo rafts. This is the Kum-yam-ngan, a Chinese Buddhist temple dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy.
They at once agreed that escape was impossible, and would be even were they well and strong and could manage to obtain possession of a sampan, for they would but lose themselves in the labyrinth of creeks, and would, moreover, be certain to be overtaken by the native boats that would be sent off in all directions after them.
Satigi, a wooden spear, or dart. Sampan, a small prahu. Sarebus, a river flowing into the deep bay between Tanjong Sipang and Tanjong Sirak. Sarebus, powerful Dyak tribes and pirates, located on the above, and other rivers flowing into the bay. They have thrown off the Malay yoke, and plunder as far as Celebes. Seriff, or Sheriff, a high Malay title, peculiar to persons of Arab descent.
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