6 AN UNEXPLORED CORNER OF PAHANG. 
which all sorts of legends appertain. It is chiefly a mass of 
huge rocks, and the Sakeis of that locality have a record of 
over 60 of their tribe who have been killed by tigers on it. 
The evening I camped there, a Saket, who formed one of my 
party, went about 150 yards balow the can.p to fish, and while 
so engaged a tiger came out of the jungle at the base of the 
mountain and sat on a rock about 50 yards away. ‘The Sakei 
abandoned his fishing lines and made for the camp yelling, and 
the tiger went back into the jungle. Asa precautionary mea- 
sure, I had a large fire built and kept going all night. 
Next day, leaving a couple of coolies in charge of the camp, 
I tramped about ten miles up Sungei Besi, and came to a large 
Sakei clearing on a right hand branch known as Sungei 
Seringat, 
The whole party were away ona hunting expedition to Ulu 
Telom, but I learned there were ordinarily about 50 of them 
lived there, and we occupied their houses for the night. The 
only thing worthy of note to be seen in them, was a string of 
jawbones, with the teeth intact, of several dozen monkeys in 
each house, hung up in the smoke above the fireplace. There 
were all sizes and kinds, and it is evident the Sakel when 
hungry spares neither age nor sex of the monkey tribe. 
Every monkey they kill and eat, they add his jawbone to the 
string, and when they are unsuccessful in hunting it is said they 
derive great satisfaction from gazing at and thinking over these 
mementos of former repasts. They have a clearing of a good 
many acres at Kuala Seringat, planted with plantains and 
paddy, and would seem to have been there for several years. 
There is said to be tin in the streams farther on, close 
to the base of the dividing range, which is probably the case, 
but neither Malays or Chinese care to venture so far by them- 
selves, as the Sakeis are said to be wicked, while the cost of 
getting supplies would be great, and the area is also probably 
limited. 
From one of the hills at the Sakei clearing, a magnificent 
view was obtained of the limestone mountain, Gua Xfenoorat, 
distant about 20 miles. There would seem to be a large belt of 
