110 SELAMA TO PONG, PATANI. 
of a little hut up in a tree here, made lon agommag 
one of the men of our party, who wanted to shoot a rhinoce- 
ros from it. He came from Kupang, Kedah. From here a 
good elephant and buffalo track leads off to the N. E. to 
Kenering, Hulu Pérak. This is one of the main Kedah- 
Pérak jungle roads. Started again at 1.45 P.M.; our path a little 
East of North. Crossed the Rui 12 times altogether to-day. 
Stopped to camp beside Sungei Rui at 2.30 P.M. It was along 
this road (the Pénghtlu says) that Sultan ISMAIL escaped in- 
to Kedah territory in 1875, going to Kupang.* Leeches 
very bad to-day. Got our camp built before the rain came on. 
21st November.—The Semang, BUNGA, says we are sure to 
reach Pong by midday to-day. Started at 8 A.M. and follow- 
ed the buffalo track (Pérak-Kedah) for about half-an-hour. 
Then we crossed a small stream, water running left to right. 
Here we left the big path which trends away a little to the 
West of North, and goes to Siah, Kedah. We went about N. 
by E. along animal tracks, following close to Sungei Rui. 
10 A.M.—Passed the sulphur spring, Sira Buluh, on side of 
Sungei Rui, there was too much water to distinguish the 
sulphur spring, but the smell of sulphur was _ plain. 
Went up the steep side of a hill and on to its ridge; then 
the Semang, BUNGA, found we were going wrong. Struck off 
again keeping near Sungei Rui, crossing and re-crossing it 
four or five times. This river is now getting uncomfortably 
deep for fording and is very swift ; passed an old abandoned 
Siamese hut on the bank; afterwards lost all track; kept on 
finding one, losing itagain. Followed the river; men had been 
along there at some time, judging by cuts on trees, probably 
after fish. Cametoa track cut at right-angles to the river up 
a steep and slippery hill; went up it; when on top rain came 
down in torrents; followed track and lost it; tried several 
directions, and at last got on a well-defined one; followed it 
nearly an hour, when we found we had come back to a spot 
we were at inthe morning. We must have gone round nearly a 
circle. The Semang seems to have got bewildered when we 
* After the murder of the first British Resident of Pérak, Mr. Brrcu, and 
during the war which followed. 
