Iv. CAVE-DWELLINGS IN PAHANG. 
By Ivor H. N, Evans, M.A. 
In June and July IQI7 I visited two districts of Pahang 
with a view to digging in the floors of certain caves in lime- 
stone hills. My first set of excavations was carried out at 
Gunong Sennyum near Kuala Krau; the second in caves near 
the Benta-Kuantan Road, about thirteen miles from Jerantut, 
and in the direction of Kuantan. These excavations and the 
results obtained are dealt with below.. I have appended some 
remarks with reference to objects obtained from cave-deposits 
in other parts of the Peninsula, and the possibility of the cave- 
dwellers having been Negritos. 
Excavations at Gunong Sennyum, 
Gunong Sennyum, a limestone hill 1,595 feet in height, is 
most conveniently reached by taking boat from Kuala Krau— 
whence it is visible—to a Malay village called Pengkalan 
Gunong. From this place a track leads, chiefly through 
jungle, to the foot of the hill, the distance being about four 
miles. 
On arrival at Gunong Sennyum, I made my camp ina 
long and low cave at its base which afforded perfect protection 
from rain, though open along the outer side. The floor of 
this cave was almost entirely of naked rock, and so unsuitable 
for digging operations. During the first two or three days of 
our stay I made a few excavations in some small caves or 
shelters at the base of the hill, but did not obtain any very 
important results, though it was clear that one of these shel- 
ters, near an almost stagnant stream which issued from a 
cave, had been formerly used, since I found there a few frag- 
ments of common blue-and- white Chinese porcelain—seemingly 
modern—and a fair number of shells of M elania (sp. ?). 
On the fourth day, however, I visited a large cave, the 
Gua ’To‘ Long, situated immediately above that in which I was 
living. There are only twqmethods of gaining access to it; one 
from our camping place, by swarming up the pendent roots 
of a large Ava-tree (Ficus sp.) which grows against the face 
of the cliff; the other by means of a ladder, after a scramble 
up a slope of earth, which is hidden from anyone in the lower 
cave by a projecting corner of rock. 
e Gua ’To‘ Long is alight cave of about the same length 
as that below, but with a much higher roo 
After reaching top of the ladder, it is “necessary to pass 
through a small natural archway of rock before emerging 
upon a platform, which slopes downwards. Stepping care- 
