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the Malays duluh perindu is, on the other hand, extremely 
plentiful on Brumbun and comparatively scarce on the other 
hill. I was fortunate in being able to collect flowering speci- 
mens of this elegant little bamboo, which is credited with 
mystic properties by the natives, and is in much request 
by love lorn swains, whose mistresses are cold and irrespon- 
sive. In all | added 47 species of plants to my collection, but 
this number fell far short of what I had expected. 
The height of the highest point of Brumbun as shown by 
the aneroid was only 6,860 feet, but I think that there must 
be some mistakes about this, but whether arising from any 
fault in the instrument or from the disturbed state of the 
weather at the time of the ascent, | am unable to say. Un- 
fortunately we could not see Batu Puteh, and on neither of 
my two ascents of that mountain was I able to get a sight of 
Brumbun, but undoubtedly the latter is much the loftier of the 
two. One thing is certain, that within a radius of 20 miles, 
there is no other mountain higher than Brumbun, with the 
possible exception of Yang Yop. Mr. SWETTENHAM, some 
few years back published a note in the Straits Royal Asiatic 
Society's Journal on a new mountain seen in Perak from 
Gunong Arang Para, and from that description and the bear- 
ing he gives (102°) Brumbun is most probably the peak he 
then saw. This mountain is in Pahang, as the water from all 
faces of it flows either into the Sungei Inchi or the Jillah, and 
subsequently into the Pahang River. The valleys at the 
base of the mountain contain much excellent planting land, 
at about a mean elevation of 4,000 feet. There is also good 
land on the lower slopes of the mountain itself, but the higher 
portions of it are very steep, though the soil appears to be of 
exceptional richness. 
The 18th was occupied in drying clothes and bedding, and 
packing up everything ready for a start the next day, as we 
had decided to try and cut across into the valley of the Telum, 
and follow up that river to its source, and then cross the hills 
and descend into Kinta, so as to settle beyond dispute the 
situation of the planting land explored by Mr. CAMERON. 
‘ Accordingly on the rgth we left the camp on Gunong Ulu 
Batang Padang and directed our course so as to reach the head 
