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more walking next day (9th) brought us to Pengkalan Teba. 

 (the Jakun kampong at the head of the Lenggiu river) which 

 we found almost deserted, the bulk of the able-bodied of the Team- 

 pong having been transported to Kota Tinggi, to make a road thence 

 to GCmong Panti for the convenience of coffee planters who were 

 intending to try their luck there, after favourable reports by ex- 

 plorers from Ceylon. Having, so far, no boat at our disposal, we 

 were compelled to wait at Pengkalan Teba till one could be pro- 

 cured from Tunku, a new settlement of rattan-collectors a little 

 way down the Lenggiu, so I spent the next day (10th) in the as- 

 cent of Bukit Pupur (1,350 feet), the high hill behind the house of 

 the Batin. The way at first lies on the path to the Madek, but soon 

 leaves that on the left, and shortly becomes less smooth ; at the 

 last, just short of the summit, is a perpendicular wall of rock, 

 which has to be climbed by the help of roots and tree stems ; on 

 these rocks grow small plants with beautifully marked and tinted 

 leaves : the ferns were conspicuous by their absence. The rocks 

 on this hill were a blue granite, said by Mr. Hill to resemble that 

 found in Ceylon, and a rather soft sandy-brown sandstone, with 

 red streaks, disposed to come away in lamina. Xear the summit 

 both tiger and rhinoceros tracks were observed. The top was 

 covered with too dense a growth of trees to allow of any clear 

 view, but I was able to get a glimpse in a South direction of what 

 were no doubt the two peaks of Gunong Pfdei. Che Musa climbed a 

 high tree on the western edge, and saw several hills North of West, 

 which I took to be the ridges of Pcninjau and Peselangan, but he 

 then went on to describe clearings as existing near the foot of 

 these: all, however, knowing that there was no cultivation going on 

 in that part of the country by Europeans, Malays, or natives of any 

 race, it was unanimously agreed that this must be the work of the 

 orang btmyian. It occurred to me, that perhaps these might be 

 the beginning of Mr. Watson's clearings on the slopes of Gunong 

 Banang near the mouth of the Batu Pahat. 



The jalov having been prepared, we started down the river next 



morning (the 11th) and reached Singapore on the evening of the 



14th, soon after dark, having changed boat twice on the way, once 



at Seluang, and again at Kota Tinggi, where Che IIusen, the officer 



" in charge of Seluang (being here to supervise the arrangements for 



