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tion, which comprised sleeping-platforms, hearths, bones, mol- 
luscan shells, husks of Indian corn and shells of the k&payang 
and other jungle fruits, etc. He surmised that the “modern 
Sakai of Pahang ” were responsible for the remains. In this 
connexion it is worth while to put on record the evidence of 
some Sakai-Jakun, native to the Tekam Valley, whom I visited 
after I had finished my digging work. ‘These people told 
me that they visited the caves, and lived there for a while, 
each year at the season when the kéfayang and other jungle 
fruits were ripe. 
ota Tongkat is a large tunnel-like cave running right 
through the base of the limestone hill. It contains some beauti- 
ful stalactites and stalactitic pillars, the latter giving it the 
name of Tongkat (or Bértongkat), the word meaning a prop or 
walking-stick (bértongkat, ‘‘ propped up”). For some reason 
all the caves in this part of the country are known as Kota 
(‘‘fort we 
In the Kota Tongkat I lived and carried out most of the 
excavations. I was much hindered in my work by my three 
Malay coolies, who had been sent to me by the Penghulu of 
Pulau Tawar. They had, I think, been turned out against 
their wills, and, it being the Fasting Month at the time, they 
made this an excuse for every kind of laziness that their in- 
genuity could devise. My men at Gunong Sennyum, on the 
_ other hand, served me excellently , though they too were work- 
ing during the Bulan Puasa, and, with one exception, kept 
the fast. The Pulau Tawar Malays possess, I believe, an un- 
enviable reputation for being work-shy. 
Though my men proved unsatisfactory, I thought it bet- 
ter to keep them than to dismiss them and to obtain others— 
probably equally lazy—which would have involved waste of 
time. 
Considering the small amount of ground that I was able 
to explore I was, on the whole, fairly successful. 
Excavations in the Kota Tongkat yielded pottery, a few 
bones, flakes and molluscan shells similar to those found at 
Gunong Sennyum, but nothing of special interest. As I was 
not satisfied with these results, I attempted to find other sites 
which would better repay us for our labour, and visited several 
d 
more caves and shelters in and about the base of the 
door,’ after a scramble up a rocky gulley. The cave was 
well suited for a dwelling, since it was dry, light, and airy and 
could be easily defended against wild animals or human foes. 
