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NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
KAIKENNE, FROM NUNGKING KISZNOS TO ARZKLAYICH
MR. SOMERSET MAUGHAM.
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTURE IN BORNEO.
The following letter from Mr. Somer- set Maugham gives an interesting account of an adventure which might easily have brought the career of that popular novelist and playwright to an untimely cluse, shys the Drity Telegraph.. Forte 'nately he emerged from it, as he himself tells, very little the worse, although with a loss of most of his clothes. The letter was addressed to a friend of Mr. Maug- ham's resident in London, who in his turn forwarded ́t to Mr. J. E. Vedrenne with the suggestion that if he considered it of sufficient interest to the public, he might arrange for its publication. By way of compensation it may gratify Mr. Maugham' to know that his latest play. The Circle, registered its 100th petfor- mance on May 28th at the Haymarket, and is still going strong.
My previous letter to you was very pearly the Inst you would ever have received, for I have bad, while in search of material for plays and novels, the narrowest escape from drowning that ever I had, and even now that a werk has gone by. I am a little surprised to ind mysell alive. I am writing to you from Sarawak, but shall post this in Singa pore, whither I return to-day, since I have lost so many of my things that I must go and refit before 1 proceed on my journey.
You have probably never heard of a bor, but it appears there is one on the Severn, and I have no doubt the Encyclopædia Britannica will tell you all about it. It is a tidal wave, that comes up certain rivers. I had been for an excursion into the heart of Borneo, and was coming down the river in Д paddle-boat to join the launch, which was waiting to take us back to Kuching. There were two white men be- sides myself, and we had a crew of eight prisoners from the gaol of the last place we left. Though the hour at which the bore comes is very well known, and the greatest precautions are taken to avoid it, by some inexplicable, mischance, no account was taken of it, and we met it in the most dangerous part of the river. We saw it coming from a "considerable
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JUWA MABU Foor FUSHIMI MARU (omitting Manila) KATORI MARU
KABHIMA MARU
29th July, at 11 am.
23rd Aug, 11 mm. 9th Bopt, at 11 sm.
4th Och, at 11 ain'
rapidly advancing, and then, before we knew where we were, it was upon us, a wall of rushing water fully 8ft, high. It swept over the boat, and in a moment we were all struggling in a tumult of rushing and roaring water. My first "impulse was to strike out for the shore, but they told me to cling to the boat. I am told that it was lucky I did so, since
fifty yards away, it would have been impossible to reach it.
LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Sues though the bank was not more than
Friday,
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TH
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THE Tuesday,
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Wednesday, Hiddle of August. Friday, Friday,
3rd Äng, at 11 am,
Fort Said and Marusilles.
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"We all clung to the boat, and 1 thought the bore would noon pass, and that we should find ourselves, in smooth water, but I had forgotten that we were tearing along at I do not know what speed," and great waves, were beating over us. Then the boat began to turn over, and we lost our hold; we clung for
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY" via Manis, Zamboanga, Thursday an instance to the keel, and then as it
Inland, Townsville & Brisksne.
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LE WART TANGO MAST
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KANAGAWA MARUL
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Monday,
18th September
25th July,
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Thursday,
14th July,
BANGOON MARU...
Baturday,
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Saturday,
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23rd July.
16th July, at 11 am
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righted again got our hands on the gon- wale and the framework that supported the matting put up to protect us and the jcrew from the heat, of the Sup. I thought "we were all ribs thras but immordiately i it turard again, and Käpy Cout tunap¦ over and over, in that we were like) squirrels in a cage." 1 was taken under water several times-I got fearfully out of breath, and I began to feel that my strength was going. It did not seem to me that I could bold on much longer. band The man next to me gave me and helped me a little, but, of course, bs could not do much. Then by a happy chance the boat remained keel down- wards for several minutes, so that we bad time to get our breath and rest. I thought we were all right then, but the cussed thing began to turn again, and once more we scrambled round-1 wAS about down and out by then. We had drifted a little nearer the bank, and 1 do not think the water was so tumultu- ous as it had been; but I was so ex- hausted that i was not äure if I could reach it Anyhow, I knew it was my only chance the mas next to me was
about as done in as I was. Then two of the crew managed to pass me a soak- ing mattress to act as a lifebelt, and with this to help me I started out.
The other man came with me, and one of the natives helped him while the other help- ed me. They undoubtedly saved our lirex.
"I can tell you it was a relief when we felt land under our feet; we climbed knee deep through black mud up the beach, and sank down among the tall, rank grass, all four of us utterly ex hausted. We lay there panting, The Datives were as pole as death-they patted us, all over and kissed our bands and feet. I do not know how long we' had been in the water, twenty minutes or half an hour. For a long time we lay where we were, too tired to stir. Looking back, 1 was surprised to notice that at no time had I been frightened, and even at the end, when I thought 1 must give up, I felt no alarm, suj pose at arst the struggle was too deape rate to leave time for fear," and later I was too tired to care. We were muddy from head to foot, and presently we roused ourselves sufficiently to strip off our wet clothes. I made myself a loin cloth out of my dripping shirt. We stayed there until, a canoe came along and took us of We spent the night in a Dayak house, where we had plenty to drink (which we all badly, needed) and dry sarouge, and as I sat there looking. at the new moon, lying on her. back I Fwas thankful to be alive."
F. (Continued at foot of next column.)
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all three of us were muddy as could be, One amusing trait was that although and were in the-babit of bathing three: or four times a day, we could none of us bring ourselves to go into the river We said nothing! again that night about it, but I think wo all felt we had had about as much to do with the river. as we wanted, and next day, when wo continued our journey down, it was a treat to look at the blaó sky and the cloads and the trees, and think one wa alive. We were cut about, bruised from head to foot and had all slight attacks of fever, but otherwise I am not much the worse for the adventure,"
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