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CHAPTER V. 



KINA BALU, OR CHINESE WIDOW MOUNTAIN'. 



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Journey to Kina Balu— Visit to Pangeran Eau — Agricultural im- 

 plements — Sea gipsies — Datu of the Badjows — Musa — Fertile 

 plain — Kiver-side gardens — Women gardeners — Fording the 

 Tawaran— Bawang — Good scenery — Si Nilau — Kalawat — Bat- 

 traps — A wet journey — Bungol — Koung village — Native traders 

 — Bice culture — Kiau — Hiring of guides — Ascent of Kina Balu 

 — A curious breakfast — Bare plants en route — Mountain flowers 

 — Large pitcher plants — A cave dwelling — Scarcity of water — 

 Mountain orchids — Cool climate — Slippery descent — Lost in 

 the forest — Beturn to Kiau — Native produce — Journey to Marie 

 Parie Spur — Beturn to the coast — Native women of the interior 

 — Hire of native boat — Beturn to Labuan 77 



CHAPTER VI. 



LABUAN ISLAND. 



Labuan — Inhabitants — Industries — Coal mines — Be venues and 

 acreage — Oil spring — Climate — Bare ferns — Tropical flowering 

 trees — Fruit culture — Birds — Pitcher plants — Snakes — Sun 

 birds — Large spiders — Ants — Salt making — Pratchan — Old 

 gardens — Lizards — Mason wasp — A favourite horse — Annual 

 games on the plain — Church — Biver travel 114 



CHAPTER VII. 



BEAUTIFUL BORNEO. 



Borneo— Wild animals— The Malays— Poetry— Eomances— Dewa 

 Indra — Native government — Pile dwellings— Intermarriage — 

 Language— Clothing — Courtship — Marriage— Inland tribes — 

 Land culture— Native villages— Food products— Textile fabrics 

 — Bark cloth — Native women — Climate — Native produce — 

 Kayan weapon— Bivers — Gambling— Opium smoking . . 139 



