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return journey. We got away about 8 a.m. It is very diffi- 

 cult to make an early move from these camps. What with 

 cooking rice for the day and packing up the baggage, a good 

 part of the morning runs away. Our journey was just like 

 that of yesterday, only a little more steep in places. About 

 1,000 feet above camp we left the region of Bertani, or attap 

 palms, and came into that of Licuala, growing amid high 

 forest trees. Up to this time, we could not get a single view 

 of. the country around us. When we had ascended to the level 

 of Arang Para we felled a number of trees in the hope of 

 extending the prospect, but were unsuccessful. The ascent 

 was now only very steep in places, and the spur curved 

 much more to the north. When we reached the height of 

 nearly 4,000 feet above the sea, we camped and built our 

 houses. When this was done, we felled a good deal of timber 

 on the northern slope of the spur and soon opened up an ex- 

 tensive view. Arang Para bungalow bore about E.N.E., but 

 none of the Larut side of the range w r as visible, owing to the 

 spurs of Mount Bubu. We had an abundance of water close 

 to our cam]). A small stream fell over about one hundred 

 feet of rocks at a short distance below the terrace we were 

 upon. 



Next day, the 23rd, we left all the baggage at our resting 

 place, and proceeded to make a trial trip to reach the summit. 

 We could get no reliable information from the Malays. Some 

 said it was only two hours'' journey, while others insisted that 

 it would take the whole day. Our intention was to climb 

 for half a day, and, if the difficulties were great, to move our 

 camp on another stage. Our great delay, of course, was in 

 cutting down the jungle and not being able to see more than 

 a few yards around us. However, we were agreeably sur- 

 prised to find a comparatively easy, though steep, ascent for 



