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many of them run up, perfectly smooth to the first branch, fully 
200 ft. Ferns, orchids, and numbers of peculiar parasitical 
plants grow on their branches ; in fact, owing to the impossibility 
of any number of plants growing in the shade of the forest, these 
plants have migrated to the tops of the trees for light and air. 
On the way up we saw some splendid Kingfishers, and an 
occasional Sandpiper or Curlew would fly off at our approach. 
Making the launch fast to the landing-stage at a sugar and 
coffee plantation, we took to our rowing-boat, the river beyond 
this point being too narrow and full of rocks and tree-trunks for 
the launch to proceed further. At 4 p.m. we reached our resting- 
place for the night; this was a shed; the roof of Nipa-leaves 
(called attap), and an occasional attap at the side; the floor, 
which is always raised about six feet from the ground, was 
formed of thin sticks laid loosely on a frame of poles. Not- 
withstanding our rough accommodation, we managed to make 
ourselves comfortable, and, spreading our india-rubber sheets 
and blankets, were soon enjoying a capital dinner prepared by 
our Chinese cook, who had brought along with him a goodly 
supply of food, and his pots and pans. After a soothing pipe, 
and still more soothing pull at our whisky-flask, we turned in. 
I was awakened once in the night by what I thought was rain, 
but on looking out found it was only the dew which, being con- 
densed in the tops of the high trees, comes pattering down as 
soon as the air begins to warm towards daylight. 
After the usual difficulty with the baggage-carriers, the largest 
and strongest men insisting upon carrying the smallest possible 
amount, we started at 7 a.m. for a five hours’ walk through the 
forest. Shortly after the start we noticed a splendid specimen 
of a Calladium; each leaf was 5 ft. long by 33 ft. broad, the 
trunk was 18 in. in circumference, and the plant stood 12 ft. high. 
About half-way W. had a shot at an Ourang Utan, but missed, 
and I did ditto to a deer. We noticed the fresh track of 
elephants, and the ground was in many places cut up by pigs 
and deer. ‘The Argus Pheasants made the forest ring again with 
their loud ‘‘ku-hu-u,”’ the Long-armed Ape (the Siamanga) was 
singing his morning song in the tree-tops, and the huge Hornbill, 
with its peculiar cries, flew overhead on loudly-sounding pinions. 
I was rather surprised to hear the familiar croak of a Crow, but 
found them just as wide-awake here as anywhere else, and could 
