AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT KIN A BALU. 49 



An Expedition to Mount Kina Balu, 

 British North Borneo. 



By R. Hanitsch, Ph.D. 

 (With four plates.) 



Introductory remarks : The first part of this paper, contain- 

 ing* the narrative of the expedition to Kina Bain, is based upon 

 diary notes written during the journey and is practically the 

 report which I sent in to the Committee of the Raffles Museum 

 on April 27th of last year. The second part, containing* the 

 scientific results, could only be compiled after considerable 

 delay : most of the zoological specimens obtained during the ex- 

 pedition had to be sent for identification to specialists at home 

 and elsewhere, viz., Messrs. G. A. Boulenger, Edgar Smith, L. de 

 Xiceville, R. Shelford, D. Sharp and L. A. Borradaile. and I take 

 this opportunity of thanking them for their assistance. Two 

 papers by Mr. Boulenger. the one containing the description of 

 a new Freshwater Fish (A. M. N. EL, Sep. 7. A^ol. IV.. pp. 22*- 

 220) and the other that of three new Reptiles and a new Batra- 

 ehian (ibid. pp. 451-454), and a paper by Mr. Borradaile on 

 Freshwater Crustacea, one of which is new (P. Z. S.. 1900, part 

 I, 2 pp.) are reprinted. 



The Government of this Colony had kindly furnished me 

 with credentials to the British North Borneo Government, and 

 my thanks are due to the officials there, chiefly Mr. R. M. Little, 

 Resident of Labuan, and Mr. IT. S. Haynes, Magistrate, Pro- 

 vince Keppel. who made all arrangements for carriers and who 

 otherwise assisted me in every possible way. 



Narrative. 



The Mount of Kina Balu. British Xorth Borneo, was first 

 ascended in the vear 1851 by Hugh Low (6), and since then by 

 Spenser St. John (8) in 1858, F.W. Burbidge (4) in 1877, R. M. 

 Little (5) in 1887. John Whitehead (10) in l<s*7 and 1888. and 



