AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT KINA BALU. 59 



temperature during- the day : 67°, down to 65° at 5.4:5 p.m.; fine, 

 but foggy, in the morning ; the usual rain in the afternoon. 



Saturday, March 25th. Temperature during- the night 

 60*5 u -63°. Nice clear morning-. Many frogs were brought in by 

 the natives. We packed, and began our descent and our way 

 home at 9.45 a.m., as now the first half of my leave had expired 

 (?. e. three of the six weeks.) We reached the Kadamaian at 

 11.45 a.m.. and our old camp, under the ledge of rock, at 

 1.25 p.m., where I decided to stay a day to collect. The des- 

 cent to the river was steep and difficult, but this time the river 

 itself offered no dangers and difficulties comparable with those 

 of a few days before, as the water had gone down. Weather 

 fine until 3 p.m., when the usual rain set in. 



Sunday (Palm Sunday), March 26th. Although the tempera- 

 ture at night time here was only very little higher than in the 

 upper camp (63°-65°, as against (50°-G4 c ), we found the change 

 very noticeable and most agreeable. I mended my camera by 

 substituting a piece of oiled paper for the ground glass broken 

 some days before, and took a few views of camp and river. 

 Then we went collecting, the men bringing in a good deal. 



Monday, March 27th. Lowest temperature during the 

 night G4° ; at 6.30 a.m. (35°. I took some more photographs, and 

 Ave started for Kiou at 9.30 a.m., the progress through the river 

 being very easy. We reached the open field at 9.50 a.m., and Kiou 

 at 12.30 p.m. [Two of the photographs are here reproduced, 

 both taken from the same point, but one looking up, the other 

 down, the Kadamaian River. Within the bed of this river our 

 route lay for a considerable distance up and down Kina Balu. 

 But on the day when these photographs were taken, the water 

 was considerably lower than on March 21st and 22nd when we 

 went up the mountain.] 



Tuesday, March 28th. Early in the morning I went with 

 De Fontaine to the top of Kiou hill to take some photos of Kina 

 Balu, but found it hazy and the sun standing just above the 

 mountain. We waited for matters to improve, and climbed about 

 in search of a favourable spot, finding the heat of the morning 

 scarcely bearable. Finally we took a few views, and returned 

 to Kiou, hot and tired. Then after calling the coolies together, 

 we left the village at 10.30 a.m., went down a steep descent, 



