282 .TOUEXEY TO THE SUMMIT OF GUNONG BUBU. 



purposes. We found no other signs that any person had 

 visited the locality before. 



A perfect deluge of rain with thunder and lightning obliged 

 Messrs. Bozzolo and Scortechini to remain on the granite 

 pinnacle for some time, for the cloud and mist obscured every- 

 thing and rendered it impossible to descend. I remained on 

 the opposite summit superintending the erection of the bonfire. 

 It was miserably cold, and we were all very glad when we 

 could make our way back to our tents. This we did not do 

 until the clouds cleared, when a magnificent view was unveil- 

 ed. Both sides of the coast range were visible and the plains 

 from the Dinding River to the town of Thaipeng were laid out 

 like a panorama. The Matang opening with the village 

 seemed just beneath us. The whole valley of the Perak with 

 all the windings of the river were clear and distinct for a dis- 

 tance of fifty or sixty miles. The main range was also very 

 clear and some of the highest peak bore a different aspect from 

 anything I had seen before. An island between Perak and Suma- 

 tra, which is rarely seen from Mount Ijau, was now plainly 

 visible, as also several summits of mountains to the south-east. 

 Nothing could be seen of the mountain observed by Mr. 

 Swettenham from Arang Para. The highest summit visible 

 to us was, in my opinion, the sugar-loaf hill to the north and 

 east of Gunong Robinson. I should think the mountain I 

 refer to is between eight thousand and nine thousand feet high. 



Altogether, the view from the summit of Gunong Bubu is 

 one of the finest imaginable. Rivers and mountains, dense 

 forests and open plains, the distant sea and the unexplored 

 forests to the eastward all combine to form a scene of wonder- 

 fully varied beauty. Unfortunately, however, the clouds and 

 mists almost continually obscure this prospect. At early morn- 

 ing and after a heavy thunderstorm, the whole atmosphere is 



