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CHAPTER V. 



KINA BALU, OB CHINESE WIDOW MOUNTAIN. 



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Journey to Kina Balu — ^Visit to Pangeran Eau — Agrioultural im- 

 plements — Sea gipsies — Datu of the Badjows — Musa — Fertile 

 plain — Eiver-side gardens — ^Women gardeners — ^Fording the 

 Tawaran — Bawang — Good scenery — Si Nilau — Kalawat — Eat- 

 traps — A wet joumey — Bungol — Koung village — Native traders 

 — Eice culture — Kiau — Hiring of guides — ^Ascent of Kina Balu 

 — ^A curious breakfast — Bare plants en route — Mountain flowers 

 — ^Large pitcher plants — A cave dwelling — Scarcity of water — 

 Mountain orchids — Cool climate — Slippery descent — Lost in 

 the forest — Eeturn to Kiau — ^Native produce — Joumey to Marie 

 Parie Spur — Eeturn to the coast — ^Native women of the interior 

 — Hire of native boat — Eeturn to Labuan 77 



CHAPTER VI. 



LABTTAN ISLAND. 



Labuan — Inhabitants — Industries — Coal mines — Eevenues and 

 acreage — Oil spring — Climate — Eare ferns — Tropical flowering 

 trees — Fruit culture — Birds — Pitcher plants — Snakes — Sun 

 birds — Large spiders — Ants — Salt making — Pratchan — Old 

 gardens — Lizards — Mason wasp — A favourite horse — ^Annual 

 games on the plain — Church — Eiver travel 114 



CHAPTER VII. 



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BEAUTli'Uii BOENEO. 



Borneo — WUd animals — The Malays — Poetry — Eomances — Dewa 

 Indra — Native government — Pile dwellings — Intermarriage — 

 Language — Clothing — Courtship — Marriage — Inland tribes — 

 Land culture — Native villages — Food products— Textile fabrics 

 — Bark cloth — Native women — Climate — Native produce — 

 Kayan weapon — Eivers — Gfambling — Opium smoking . . 139 



