тһе ‘Hot Жш of Ulu J elai.. 
; By A. D. MACHADO. 
Havi ing recently occasion to visit the éxtreme Ulu of the 
Jelai district, Pahang; i in connection with. certain prospecting 
found to be situated on-one of the spurs of the main range of hills 
dividing Pahang from Perak, about Latitude 4° 20’ N., and Lo ong: 
itude 101° 30° E. Our Sakai guide, who visited this spot ten or 
more years ago, described the phenomenon as one eruptive foun- 
tain of hot water and steam—the water, according to him, ascend- 
ing їо а considerable height, a true Gey: ser in fact. I Sa w quite а 
different thing. I found seven non- eruptive springs of hot water 
and steam, the former flowing over sloping terraces or basins of 
granitic boulders, till finally they joined on to a stream called 
the Chá-àng, which in turn drained into the Jelai. If thé state- 
ment of the Sakai i is credible, and 1 have no reason to disbelieve 
.him, there has evidently been a Pee in the structure. of these 
. springs, within the short space of ten years, a very short geolog- 
ical epoch indeed. The usual баа А sulphurous odour 
-pervaded this place ; those curiously fretted rims of the boulders 
over which.the water flowed, due doubtless to the deposition of 
Silica, sulphur, etc., are also noticeable heré. "Wild animals, 
elephants, rhinoceri, dear. etc., visit this spot periodic ally, judg- - 
ing by. their old and fresh tracks, probably for their saline pro- 
perties, while the Sakais hold this place in great awe and venera- 
tion.. They seemed quite unable to account for this phenomehon, 
all the explanation they could give being that they. thought it 
_was the work ‘of “ banta These springs ws in their geolog- 
‘ical formation, тиш, to those visited by ше їп Maliwun, 
.Lower Burma, in Renong, Siamese Malaya, ‘a in other parts 
of the Malay Peninsula ; though, in point of : size and importance, 
