In
This However I Was Much Disappointed, As The Whole Road Lies
Through Grass And Scrubby Thickets, And It Was
Only after
reaching the village of Sahoe that some high forest land was
perceived stretching towards the mountains to the
North of it.
About half-way we dad to pass a deep river on a bamboo raft,
which almost sunk beneath us. This stream was said to rise a long
way off to the northward.
Although Sahoe did not at all appear what I expected, I
determined to give it a trial, and a few days afterwards obtained
a boat to carry my things by sea while I walked overland. A large
house on the beach belonging to the Sultan was given me. It stood
alone, and was quite open on every side, so that little privacy
could be had, but as I only intended to stay a short time I made
it do. Avery, few days dispelled all hopes I might have
entertained of making good collections in this place. Nothing was
to be found in every direction but interminable tracts of reedy
grass, eight or ten feet high, traversed by narrow baths, often
almost impassable. Here and there were clumps of fruit trees,
patches of low wood, and abundance of plantations and rice
grounds, all of which are, in tropical regions, a very desert for
the entomologist. The virgin forest that I was in search of,
existed only on the summits and on the steep rocky sides of the
mountains a long way off, and in inaccessible situations.
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