45 A TRIP TO GUNONG BINTANG. 
points that were required could be seen. In the afternoon I descended 
into a ravine running about wSsw from the side of the trig. station. 
In a very short time I descended 450 feet below the top of Bintang, and 
found myself in a great chasm about ten chains long, a few feet owide. 
and from 100 to 150 feet deep. The bottom of this ravine is the bed of 
a considerable stream, which appears to occupy the site of a lode which 
has been eroded away, the hanging wall of which remains intact and 
consists of a decomposed granite which is so soft that it can easily be 
dug into with a stick. The footwall has disappeared, as will be seen 
from the accompanying sketch. The stream, I believe, flows into the 
Sungei Mahang, and I should not be surprised if, at a lower level, it were 
found to be rich in alluvial tin. 
ard. A cloudy morning again, and | could do nothing all day. In the 
afternoon the usual rain came down. The thermometer at 6 a.m. regis- 
tered 58°, and at 8 p.m. 62°. 
4th. Cloudy as the previous day, and one could do nothing but mope 
about and try to keep warm. The thermometer stood at 58° all day, and 
there was a great deal of mist. At about 8 p.m. there was an eclipse of 
the moon, of which nothing could be seen, and it became much colder. 
5th. It was intensely cold all last night, the thermometer in my tent 
falling to 53°, and sleep was impossible. The morning opened fine, and 
I was able to get about five hours’ observing before it “clouded up again. 
I saw a mountain new to me on the eastern boundary of the State, 
which I made out to be about 7,500 feet in elevation ; [ think this must be 
the bluff fixed by Deane to the north of the Ulu Plus. 
6th. The night was a little warmer with a fine moon, and the 
thermometer only fell to 58°. The morning, however, opened wet and 
misty, which continued all day and made it impossible to do any 
observing, so I spent the day in exploring the immediate neighbourhood. 
At 8 p.m. the thermometer had risen to 60°8°. 
7th. Warm night, thermometer 59°, but cloudy and misty and damp 
all day. 
Sth. Roused at daylight by a coolie, who reported that Mr. Jayesuria 
had been very ill with fever all the night. Went to see him and found 
the report to be true. This was very serious, because all our coolies but 
two had some days before been sent to Ulu Selama to procure fresh 
supplies, as our commissariat was almost exhausted. There were no 
medical comforts in the camp beyond a dose of liver pills, a little castor 
oil, half a tin of condensed milk, and two chickens which had become 
wild in the jungle, and, being eleven days from our base of supply, | 
was a little anxious. Fortunately, some quinine had been left at a camp 
in our rear, which I got the next day. I gave him the liver pills, and 
followed them up with a couple of strong doses of castor oil, to prepare 
the way for the quinine. Then followed a spirited hunt after the wily 
fowls with a revolver, and at last I succeeded in bagging one, which 
was promptly converted into broth. A mist hung round all day so thick 
that nothing was visible at a distance of a few yards, and everything 
and everybody were wet. Thermometer read 60° in the evening. 
