134 SPORT IN ASIA AND AFRICA 



and the two Dachigam bears were the only 

 important additions which I made to my collection 

 of Indian trophies during this season. 



I spent a very interesting and strenuous two 

 months in Borneo. His Excellency the Governor 

 and the other officia s employed in the country 

 received me most kindly, and my tours and 

 inquiries were facilitated in every possible manner. 

 The rubber and tobacco planters also showed 

 me much kindness and hospitality. I visited 

 all the important places on the coast of British 

 North Borneo ; marched to Rundum on the 

 Dutch border in the interior of the country ; 

 and in a second expedition marched from Tenom 

 in the south through the interior to the slopes 

 of the Kina Balu Mountain ; and then down to 

 the coast at Tempassuk and along the coast to 

 Kudat in the extreme north. We had no tents, 

 but the natives rapidly construct shelter-huts 

 with bamboos and leaves, which are clean and 

 look very comfortable, and are also fairly water- 

 tight. 



On the rare occasions when Kina Balu is not 

 hidden by clouds in the evening, a sunset in the 

 west of British North Borneo is something to be 

 remembered. The mountain is over 13,000 feet 

 high, and is crowned by fine jagged peaks ; and, 

 when the sun goes down behind the wooded 

 islands on the coast and Kina Balu is lit up in 

 the background by the golden light, the scene 

 is marvellously beautiful. 



There is a good deal of animal life in North 

 Borneo. There are elephants on the east coast 

 and in the adjacent part of the country, which 



