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in stature and clipped by the wind to equal height, whereas the great radiation 
from the rock clips back the side branches, giving the plants the appearance 
of a well-kept box edging. The force of this factor is shown on one spot 
where the Kadamaian torrent spreads in its descent over a granite wall, and 
there stoloniferous herbaceous plants spread over the rock, the constant 
presence of the water neutralising the effects of radiation. The one exception 
to the granite-crack formation was seen in the case of a small colony of 
Centrolepis philippinensis, the minute plants of which were growing grega- 
riously in a small bay formed in a sheltered and shady channel of the 
Kadamaian, where a little sand had accumulated and they were protected 
from the sun and wind. 
These last two formations would be included in Stapf's summit zone, 
viz., above 10,500. 
The bog association referred to by Dr. Stapf, on the strength of the notes 
of previous collectors, was not observed by me. 
5. Krau ro KorABELUD AND TUARAN. 
We returned to Kiau on the 27th of February, the expedition having 
proved most successful, thanks entirely to Mr. Maxwell’s able and sym- 
pathetic management. ‘The weather had been magnificent, rain having 
only fallen on the afternoon and night spent at Kamburangau. Needless to 
say, this fact was exultantly attributed by the Dusuns, who were equally 
gratified at the success achieved, to tho efficacy of the part played by them 
in the strict observance of their traditional customs. 
For more practical particulars and details of the ascent, I must refer to 
Mr, Maxwell’s report (19), in which, however, he informs me the names of 
places are most inaccurately spelt, proofs unfortunately not having been 
submitted to him. I acknowledge my indebtedness to him for the native 
names and topographical information in reference to Kinabalu. 
We left Kiau the next day for Koung by the bridle-path which skirts the 
northern face of the ridge till it reaches the crest, whence it gradually 
descends to the Tampussuk and to Koung-Nukok, a symmetrical two-peaked 
hill, which closes the view towards the coast and is now clothed in forest to 
the top. 
Seen from Koung, the majestic crown of Kinabalu overtowers to the right 
the one or two puny ridges which alone intervene between us and its 
forbidding heights. Koung is a most ideally situated Dusun village, in a 
lovely valley on the banks of the Tampussuk, dominated by the familiar 
pointed tops of. Nukok mountain, called Saduk Saduk by the coast Dusuns, 
drom its resemblance to a pointed native hat. 
This place used to be an old police-station in the troublous times, which it 
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