ACCOUNT OF A TRIP UP THE PAHANG, AND OTHER RIVERS. \J 



While Mr. Ridley and Mr. Townson were on this hill, a - 

 messsage came from Mr. Davison's camp saying that Mr. 

 Kelsall was ill, having been attacked with fever on the night 

 of the 4th and would probably be unable to move for some 

 days. Mr. RiDLEY and Mr. ToWNSON returned to the 7th 

 camp on the 7th to obtain more provisions and consult as to 

 the next step. On looking over the stores it was found that 

 there was only enough food for five days, and as the supply 

 that had been sent for to Pekan had not arrived at Kuala 

 Tenok and in all probability would not do so for five or six 

 days a retreat was decided upon. 



The expedition started back on the 9th (Mr. Kelsall being 

 carried on a raft or stretcher for two days) and reached Kuala 

 Tenok on the nth ; the 12th was spent re-packing stores and 

 waiting for the last of the baggage to arrive. The whole of 

 the 13th was occupied moving down to Kuala Tahan, the river 

 was a good deal swollen owing to the recent heavy rains, and 

 one small boat was upset, fortunately there was nothing in it 

 of much value. One day had to be spent at Kuala Tahan 

 repairing the boats and constructing rafts of bamboo to con- 

 vey some of the men and the collections of live plants down 

 stream. 



Pulau Tawar was reached on the 19th of August and a 

 stay of one day was made in order to visit the limestone 

 caves at Kota Glanggi. Some good things were obtained in 

 the neighbourhood of the caves including a specimen of 

 Bosch's beautiful ground thrush {Pitta BoscJii) and in one of 

 the caves, Kota Burong, a pair of long-tailed porcupines 

 [Hystriv longicaudd) were taken. Here also was found a nest 

 of the forest Bee-eater [Nyctiornis aniicta). It consists, like 

 those of the other Bee-eaters, of a hole in the ground some 

 two or three feet long. The eggs are pure white. Leeches 

 were also more plentiful in these woods than we found them 

 anywhere else. 



These caves appear to be frequented by the wild men, for 

 in all of them we found remains of fires and beds of palm 

 leaves but of the people themselves we saw nothing. 



The failure of the expedition to reach its goal was due to a 



