AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT MENUANG GASING, SELANGOR. 28 
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An Expedition to Mount Ménuang Gasing, Selangor. Ву Hesry N. RIDLEY, 
F.R.S., F.L.8. ; with an account of the Journey by С. B. Kross. 
(Read 7th November, 1912.] 
[Mocsr M£xvaANa Gasixa is * Bukit Nyor’ or * Nuang of local maps, one of 
the peaks of the range which forms the backbone of the Federated Malay 
States, and is situated within a mile of the spot where the boundaries of the 
States of Selangor, Perak, and the Negri Sembilan meet. Jt is 4908 feet 
in height, and though separated on the north from the more massive 
portions of the main range by passes of 2000 feet or so, it yet possesses a true 
mountain fauna: south of it the range becomes gradually broken up into 
more or less isolated groups of hills, few of which attain an equal altitude ; 
while only to those in the immediate neighbourhood is the high-level fauna 
known to extend. 
The summit of Ménuang Gasing itself is a somewhat steep peak rising 
above hills of only slightly inferior altitude. 
The collection, of which Mr. Ridley treats below, was made in the course 
of a four or five days’ visit in February 1912. At 6 o'clock one morning I 
left Dusun Tua (in the Ulu Langat district of Selangor, 17 miles from 
Kuala Lumpor), which is a rest-house near some hot springs impregnated 
with sulphuretted hydrogen, and at 5.45 p.m. made camp on a hill.side 
2950 feet high. The day’s march had been an extremely hard one (owing to 
the many descents we had to make before finally attaining this altitude), 
and we all arrived thoroughly exhausted, but I felt little compunction in 
getting the utmost out of the Sakais who acted as carriers, since they had 
refused to remain with me for more than one night, and had stood out for 
most extortionate remuneration. 
Our palm-leaf shelter was made on the mountain-side on a flat knoll which 
the Sakais called Bukit Pengaseh, and even at that moderate altitude we 
found the nights extremely cold owing to the presence of a strong wind 
which blew uninterruptedly across the ridge; at midday the thermometer 
generaliy indicated about 70°. 
Save for the occurrence of “Job’s Tears” (Coie Lachryma Jobi) at 
1350 feet, and the commencement of the Giant Bamboo zone at 2000 feet, I 
noted little of botanical interest, as, after leaving the various streams 
which form the sources of the Langat River, attention was principally 
directed to a search for water. I remember, however, a most unexpected 
show of Cannas in a Sakai clearing at 1000 feet. 
The collection was made between the camp and the top of Ménuang 
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