A TRIP TO GUNONG BINTANG. 49 
oth. At 6 a.m. the thermometer read 585°, and the morning opened 
a little brighter than yesterday. Mr. Jayesuria’s fever, however, was no 
better, and there only remained medicine enough for the day and no food 
suitable for an invalid, except the tinned milk, which was not a success. 
In the evening the fever became more violent than heretofore, and the 
weather continued very unfavourable, so I determined to start him down 
the next day, with the remaining coolies, for Selama. Four coolies turned 
up with rice, but no medical comforts, so we were much in the same 
position as before. 
10th. A warm night, the temperature being 63°, and a favourable 
morning followed. Mr. Jayesuria was a little better, so | packed him off, 
with three coolies, in the hope that he would meet supplies on the road. 
The hill was enveloped in clouds all day after 8 a.m. I had for some days 
intended to visit the northern point, so I now sent three men to Nortn 
Bintang to erect a tent and await my arrival there. 
1ith. The temperature was 58°, the morning dull and still, but in 
the afternoon a high wind, accompanied by heavy rain, sprang up and 
continued all night. Four more coolies arrived from below. 
12th. Rain and storm continued all night, with a temperature of 57° 
in my tent. A wet forenoon. At mid-day I left to walk to North 
Bintang, which is the extreme north of the Titi Wangsu range ; it rained 
the whole way, more or less. I arrived at the camp at 5.30 p.m., the 
elevation of which was 6,038 feet. My clothes, bedding, tent and every- 
thing were wet. To add to our miseries, there was no firewood to be got, 
as it was too pitch dark to find it. I had to allow the coolies to share 
my tent, through which a stream of water (in which they had to he) was 
running most of the night. As the night was intensely cold and they 
had only one blanket between them, their groans and sufferings can be 
better imagined than described. 
14th. It rained all night till 6 a.m., and had now been raining 
straight on end for over 40 hours. When it cleared up a bit, I was able to 
collect a little information for mapping Ulu Rhui and the Muda River 
country during the forenoon, after which a drizzle again set in and 
continued all the evening. 
15th. A fine morning. I procured an excellent view of the country 
to the north and west, and was able to obtain some bearings to fix the 
Kedah hills north of Selama. I afterwards walked along the ridge to 
the north end and climbed a tree giving a view to the north and north- 
east. The watershed between the north and north-east appears to fall 
into the Muda River, and to be in Kedah territory, while that on the 
north-west, I am inclined to think, falls into the Mahang and Krian 
Rivers, though the late Mr. D. D. Daly’s map, based on an exploration 
of the Muda River, accompanying his papers, “Surveys and Explorations 
of the Native States of the Malay Peninsula, 1875-1882,” read before 
the Royal Geographical Society of London (vide Proceedings Royal 
Geographical Soctety, July, 1882), would make it appear to belong to the 
Sungei Sedin, a tributary of the Muda. If | am correct in my surmise, 
the main stream of the Krian, and the boundary of Perak, runs to the 
north of the Bintang range (vzde sketch map), but this question can only 
be decided by further exploration. : 
