III. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EXPLORA- 
ION OF A ROCK-SHELTER 
IN THE BATU KURAU PARISH, PERAK. 
By Tvor H. N. Evans, M.A. 
In May of 1917 I visited Kampong Perak in the Batu 
Kurau Parish (Perak) with a view to searching for traces of 
ancient habitations in the rock-shelters or caves in the lime- 
stone hill, Gunong Kurau, which lies close to the village. On 
making an inspection of these, I found only one site which 
yielded any results. Neither caves nor shelters were of types 
which would be likely to prove very attractive as habitations. 
The former were either dark or damp, the latter small or 
insufficiently protected from sun and rain. Even the sole 
site at which signs of former human occupation were found, 
though it was probably the most convenient of all, was not 
protected from the sun at midday, and would, perhaps, also 
be swept by rain if the wind was from the east. The spot 
was a long but rather narrow terrace at the base of some- 
what overhanging limestone cliffs, while four or five feet 
below the terrace flowed the Kurau River. At one end of it 
was a small cave, sacred to the Malays, and called the Tiger’s 
Ktramat (Kévamat ’Rimau). There had been set up several of 
the long-stalked bamboo censers, which are called sangkak. At 
the other end of the terrace, which was shaded by a large 
tree was another small cave, not quite so large as that of the 
Kétramat ’Rimau. 
The remains left by the former occupants were found in 
the middle and towards the Ktramat ’Rimau end of the 
terrace. They were covered by a layer of yellowish sand 
(probably deponited by the Kurau River when in flood) from 
about six inches to a foot in depth, and formed a stratum 
about two-and-half feet thick. Below this stratum yellow 
sand was again encountered. In case there should be fur- 
ther underlying remains, I examined the river-bank where 
the terrace abutted on the stream, first trimming its face in 
otder to obtain a clear section. This pag ecincieey proved 
that there were no underlying deposits of inter had 
trial pits sunk at the end of the terrace furthest sic ee Kéra- 
mat’ Rimau, but only yellow sand was tong with. Possibly this 
part may never have been used, or the layer containing 
remains may have been eroded by the tiver. The date of the 
deposits in the shelter at Gunong Kurau seems to be much 
more recent than that of those discovered near Lenggong, 
which have been described in a previous paper. Bones of the 
various animals which provided food for the inhabitants were 
