Contents. xvii 



The Tampassnk— " The fatted calf "—Start for Kina Balu— 

 Bare hills — Land culture — Bad roads — Ghinambaur village — 

 TextUe fibres — ^A chance shot — Thrifty natives — Buffalo riding 

 — A friendly chief — Sineroup — Native wealth — Charms — 

 Crossing swollen river — ^New orchids — Kambatuan — Eokos — 

 Butterflies — Koung Green — Aboriginals from the interior — 

 Pretty weeds — Lemoung's death — Native ornaments — Native 

 cloth — Bee keeping — How to manage " guides " — " Kurow " — 

 Start for " Kina Balu" — Sleeping rock — Dusun cookery! — 

 New plants — More of the " guide " nuisance 239 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Plant collecting — Large Nepenthes — Sociable birds — Mountain 

 climbing — Cold nights— Descent — Safe return to Kiau — Old 

 skulls— Tree ferns — Fine climate — Land culture — Crossing 

 rivers — "Lapayang's" welcome — Tarippe fruit — "Beuhan" — 

 Pleasant evening at Kambatuan village — Graceful young girls 

 — Bundoo — Little gardens en route — Ghinambaur village — A 

 hard day's walking — Eetum to the Tampassuk — Short-tailed 

 buffaloes — Two-homed rhinoceros — Eetum to Labuan — Smith's 

 illness — Success of the expedition 278 



CHAPTER XV. 



TEOPICAIi FRUITS. 



Tropical fruits— Culture of— Natural fruit orchards— The Durian— 

 A macedoine of firaits— The Mangosteen— " Prada Prada "— 

 Mango— The Eambutan or " haiiy fruit "—Bread fruit— Jack 

 fmit, or " Nangka " — " Champada " — Jintawan, or Manoongan 

 fraits {Willughbeia app.") — Tampoe fmit— Eed " BOimbing " — 

 " Mandaroit "— " Eambeneer " — " Mambangan "— " Luing "— 

 "Langsat" or"Duku"— "Eambi"— " Mangalin "— " Jambosa," 

 or " Eose-apples " — Melons — Oranges — Pomoloes — Custard 

 apples— Cocoa-nut— Wild onion fmit — Banana, or "Pisang" 



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