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soon after. I heard that the rice coolies were awaiting us in 

 this village. They had left Panjut on March 5th with instruc- 

 tions to proceed to Kiou, but, being afraid of the people of Kiou, 

 they had stopped here. 



Saturday, March 18th. We left Koung at 7.40 a.m. and 

 proceeded along the right bank of the Tampassuk, climbing over 

 many cliffs and boulders along the edge of the river. Then we 

 forded the deep and rapid river Lobang near its junction with 

 the Tampassuk, passed through some swampy undulating ground 

 covered with grass, fern and bushwood, forded the small and 

 winding Kiulan river several times, ascended a high and steep 

 hill, and reached Kiou at 12.30 p.m. Kiou is a village of con- 

 siderable size, the largest we had met so far during our march, 

 scattered over an extensive grassy clearing on an enormous 

 slope, with many clusters of coco-nut palms in the vicinity of the 

 houses. I heard that I was the first European who had visited 

 Kiou for four or five years, but it is apparently more than that, 

 as two men showed me certificates from Dr. GL D. Haviland, 

 dated April 24th, 1892, which stated that the bearers had acted 

 as his guides during his ascent of Kina Balu in March 1892. 

 Dr. Haviland, called w Tuan Bunga' by the natives, seems to have 

 been the last European here, and before him Mr. John White- 

 head in 1887, who is remembered as 'Tuan Burong.' Malagup, 

 the Dusun Chief, here came to me soon after our arrival, 

 saying : 



M. ' Tabek, Tuan, itu orang coolie mau satu ayam.' 



B. If. wk Apa ? Itu orang coolie samoa samoa mau satu 

 ayam ?" 



M. k Tabek, Tuan, satu ayam besar.' 



Ji. H. " Satu ayam besar ? Apa macham ayam besar ?" 



M. k Tabek, Tuan, satu kerbau.' 



The men had apparently enjoyed the bullock I had given 

 them two days before, but I am afraid my answer to Malagup 

 did not encourage similar requests. Still the men seemed to be 

 bent on pleasure, for they asked me for a holiday the next day, 

 which happened to be a Sunday. To this I agreed. In the 

 morning the weather had been dry, except for a few minutes of 

 drizzling rain. But we had rain all afternoon till late into the 

 night. Aneroid at 3.45 p.m. 2400' ; thermometer 76° F. 



