172 THE JOHORE SURVEY. 



the traverse were to meet at a point to the east of Grunong 

 Blumat. 



Southern Division. 



Towards the end of April the southern or Johore division 

 entered into camp at Tampoy hut, five miles from Johore, 

 from which point the traverse was worked southward and 

 northward — southward to join with the three corajDleted 

 miles from Johore, and northward towards Blnmat. 



The southern division remained at this camp seven weeks, 

 during which time a great deal of work was completed in 

 the way of traverse, longitudinal section and cross-sections, 

 the district engineer undertaking the traverse work, the first- 

 class assistant the long section, the second-class assistant 

 the cross- section work, each and every one having, however, 

 to undertake the work of the other in the event of illness or 

 absence of any one of the staff. The same division of labour 

 was followed in the case of the northern division. 



On the 11th of June, camp was moved to thirteen miles 

 from Johore, which was situated, like the former one, on 

 the trunk road running from Johore northwards ; from the 

 camps cuts were made to enable the engineers to reach the 

 main jungle cut, in which the traverse line was located. The 

 g-eneral bearing' of the traverse line was 40° west of north. 



After six weeks at the thirteenth mile camp, a shift 

 was made to the twentieth mile camp, and after four weeks 

 there to the twenty-sixth mile camp, which latter was 

 situated in the dense jungle, where probably no civilized 

 human being had been before. 



After four weeks at the twenty-sixth mile camp, and after 

 establishing a camp at thirty miles on the northern bank 

 of the Syong River, the southern division returned to head- 

 quarters, to complete the plotting of the work u-p to date. 



