.TOURNEY TO THE SUMMIT OP GUNONG BUBU. 2SI 



thus one has to climb over and under in a most disgraceful 

 manner, as the whole was an entangled mass of twigs which 

 stopped and caught one at every side., besides being dripping 

 with water. By the time the highest crest was reached, the 

 clouds had gathered, and no view could be obtained. Having 

 satisfied ourselves about the road, and cleared the most of it, 

 we turned back. Though, the descant was slower and more 

 troublesome than going up, yet we reached our camp easily 

 an hour before sunset. Our supplies had not arrived, and our 

 chances of making a second ascent seemed rather uncertain. 

 Oar last rations of rice were served out that evening. On the 

 next day ( Queen's birthday, hence the camp was called 

 Queen's Camp ) we cleared away much more of the forest, but 

 as the party were without tool, and there were no sigas of our 

 messengers, we prepared, with much chagrin, to return to our 

 lower camp. We had just packed everything when the sup- 

 plies arrived. Oar messengers had lost themselves in the jun- 

 gle and this was the cause of the delay. 



On the 27th, taking with us a light equipment for 

 camping, we again ascended the summit of the mountain. 

 After erecting our tents, or rather our waterproof sheets which 

 served as a substitute, we went on to the summit and built an 

 immense heap of wood aid dammar resin to serve as a signal 

 fire at night. Beyond the summit there is a steep valley and 

 at the other side are isolated pinnacle of granite nearly as 

 high as the mountain and perfectly precipitous except on the 

 side of the valley. Messrs. Scortechini and Bozzolo ascend- 

 ed tin's with much hard climbing and found on the summit a 

 small pile of stones and a flag-staff, while the remains of a flag 

 were strewn on the ground. It is supposed that this flag was 

 placed there at the instance of Captain Speedy, who paid the 

 Malays a considerable sum to plant ajlag there for surveying 



