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The Tampassuk — " The fatted calf " — Start for Kina Balu — 

 Bare hills — Land culture — Bad roads — Ghinambaur village — 

 Textile fibres — A chance shot — Thrifty natives — Buffalo riding 

 — A friendly chief — Sineroup — Native wealth — Charms — 

 Crossing swollen river — New orchids — Kambatuan — Rokos — 

 Butterflies — Koung Green — Aboriginals from the interior — 

 Pretty weeds — Lemoung's death — Native ornaments — Native 

 cloth — Bee keeping — How to manage " guides " — " Kurow " — 

 Start for "Kina Balu" — Sleeping rock — Dusun cookery! — 

 New plants — More of the " guide " nuisance 239 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Plant collecting — Large Nepenthes — Sociable birds — Mountain 

 climbing — Cold nights— Descent — Safe return to Kiau — Old 

 skulls — Tree ferns — Fine climate — Land culture — Crossing 

 rivers — "Lapayang's" welcome — Tarippe fruit — "Beuhan" — 

 Pleasant evening at Kambatuan village — Graceful young girls 

 — Bundoo — Little gardens en route — Ghinambaur village — A 

 hard day's walking — Return to the Tampassuk — Short-tailed 

 buffaloes — Two-horned rhinoceros — Return to Labuan — Smith's 

 illness— Success of the expedition 278 



CHAPTER XV. 



TROPICAL FRUITS. 



Tropical fruits — Culture of — Natural fruit orchards — The Durian— 

 A macedouw of fruits — The Mangosteen — " Prada Prada" — 

 Mango — The Rambutan or " hairy fruit " — Bread fruit — Jack 

 fruit, or "Nangka " — " Champada" — Jintawan, or Manoongan 

 fruits (Willughbeia spp.~) — Tampoe fruit — Red " Bilimbing " — 

 " Mandaroit " — " Rambeneer " — " Mambangan " — " Luing " — 

 "Langsat" or "Duku" — "Rambi" — " Mangalin" — " Jambosa," 

 or " Rose-apples " — Melons — Oranges — Pomoloes — Custard 

 apples — Cocoa-nut — Wild onion fruit — Banana, or " Pisang " 



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