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interrupted range extends at a tolerably uniform dis- 

 tance of 80 or 90 miles from the coast, bending 

 sharply at right angles towards its termination at Cape 

 Datu, and forming the natural inland delimitation of the 

 Sarawak and Brunei territories. In the greater part of 

 its extent it is unknown, but Mounts Main and Marud at 

 the head of the Brunei river are estimated at 8000 feet, 

 and Mount Baling at over 7000. Between the Bataiig 

 Lupar and the Seriang Lake the range appears to be dis- 

 continuous, as it also is towards the western boundary of 

 Sarawak, where the hills — for the elevation becomes 

 much diminished — have frequently the character of 

 abrupt isolated blocks. The highest elevation in this 

 part is Mount Pu, in the neighbourhood of Tanjoiig 

 Datu, which is believed to be about 6000 feet in heiuht. 

 Still farther west, in the IMenteradu (Montrado) district, 

 Mounts Bawang, Pandau, and others form a separate 

 group of insignificant height. 



From near the middle of the chain just considered, 

 three principal ranges are believed to originate, and not 

 far from the centre of the nucleus thus formed lies 

 Mount Tebang, which is as yet unvisited by Europeans. 

 Native accounts on the whole concur in describing this 

 mountain as of great height, and giving origin to tlie IVnir 

 great rivers of Borneo, and it is further stated to l)a\e 

 its summit white. It is, nevertheless, improbable tliat 

 a snow mountain should exist without having been 

 viewed by some of the many travellers who have ex- 

 plored the rivers, and it may be concluded that the story 

 in this respect is without foundation. The three main 

 ranges have a general direction of K, S.S.E., and S.S.W., 

 and mark out the basins of the Kayan, Mahakkani 

 (Koti), Barito, and Kapuas. They are composed, for 

 much of their extent, of isolated hills or mountains, so 



