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The Gardens of the Sun. [ch. xiv, 



was a handsome young fellow named " Sallia," a relative 

 of poor old Musa, and from him I heard that Mr. Prety- 

 man, accompanied by Mr. Dobree, a Ceylon coffee 

 planter, were following, and that their object was to pro- 

 ceed to " Kina Balu " in search of land suitable for coffee 



KINA BALU FROM GHINAMBAUR (EVENING). 



culture. A few minutes later we met them and had lun- 

 cheon together on the dry stones of an old river course. 

 In answer to Mr. Dobree's inquiries I told him what I 

 had seen of the country, of the large extent either 

 actually under cultivation by the Dusun or lying fallow 

 as jungle, and that virgin soil in large tracts would only 



