REPORT ON A JOURNEY FROM TUARAN TO KIAU. 17 
walk up with my shoes, but found it dangerous, so took them 
off. The easiest slope lay up the tiny rivulet represent- 
ing the Kadamayan or Tampasuk source. We stopped at 
10,712 feet and had a view of the waves of mountains below 
bounded by the Labuk sea on one side and Papar on the 
other. My compass bearings were, East Coast, sea S. E. 
bye Gaya W. S. W., Sindatun hill 5. -E. by E., which 
would prove that I was ascending the south side of the 
mountain. The granite face is very regular, except in the 
vicinity of the peaks, and is only occasionally varied by small 
clumps of twisted stunted trees somewhat like firs in the 
matter of foliage. 
7o. We first had to scramble towards the eastern side, 
then towards the West, finally straight up to the summit, 
arriving at 10.10 a. m.in avery cold and hungry condition. 
Owing to the thick mist, we had some difficulty in overtaking 
our guides and GAWANG. On rejoining them, I was rather 
disappointed to hear that they had just been up the peak 
which ST. JOHN ascended in 1858 and which ranks as No. 2 
in height. I enquired if they had seen Low’s bottle but 
GAWANG answered entah, meaning *‘ who knows ?” 
7i. We were sitting in 'the gap between Victoria Peak 
the highest and most easterly, and the adjacent peak, which 
the Kiau men have just climbed. A piercing wind was blow- 
ing in furious gusts through the gap and our hands were num- 
bed with the cold. I took my pocket aneroid out, and was 
surprised to see it only gave 11,312 feet above sea level as 
the height of the summit. Thermometer registered 54°. The 
sun was shining brightly, butit failed to dispel the mists below. 
Victoria Peak I calculated to be 250 feet high, and the next 
peak to the W. (St. John’s Peak) about 100 feet in height, 
so the aneroid height plus 250 should give the total height 
of our ‘‘show mountain” 11,562 feet, or over 2,000 feet lower 
than the usually accepted height 13,698 feet. 
72. I advanced to the edge of the abyss and looked down 
and saw a gulf of unfathomable depth whose bottom was lost 
in mist. Then, a policeman ran forward and pulled me back - 
saying I was sitting on a wall of loose stones which created a 
feeble laugh for it would require a lever to lift the square 
