136 THROUGH AN UNKNOWN CORNER OF PAHANG. 
Sto Aprit. Clifford walked over from Pekan and we started. 
up river, spending Sunday, the 11th, at the Pahang Corporation’s. 
mine. The old mill at Jeram Batang was running for the last time 
prior to being moved to Sungai Lembing, where all the stamps were 
being concentrated. Derrick, the superintendent, entertained 
us royally. He took Clifford over Nicholson’s & Willink’s lodes. 
and down the shaft. (Both these lodes are worked to this day). 
12711 Aprit. We continued upstream in four dug-outs with 
20 men. Slept on the Cheras. Clifford’s boat filled during the 
night and he awoke in the water. 
13TH ApRIL. Stopped at a Sakai village, where we tried to- 
get two men to join our party. Clifford fired off his best Senoi at 
them but they only bolted. Eventually, after an hour we caught 
two, named Chong and Bo’uk, whom we bribed with much tobacco. 
to accompany us. These Kuantan Sakai have a peculiar way of 
making their blow-pipes. They split a piece of wood, bore out the 
half-sections and then bind the two pieces together with rotan and 
a covering of gutta-percha. The Patagonians of South America 
do the same, but I know of no other native tribes in this part of 
the world who make their blow-pipes in this way. Later they came 
down to my house and gave a very good exhibition of shooting 
amongst my cook’s fowls, and gave me a blow-pipe which is now in 
the British Museum. 
We camped at Kuala Lipas that night and distributed the 
loads preparatory to walking next day. The worst of a rice-eating 
race is that they eat practically as much as they can carry. We 
therefore had to arrange to drop some of the men at the end of the 
second day’s walk and most of the remainder as soon as we got 
far enough down the Tekal, or one of its tributaries, to raft. 
Clifford was a Spartan in his methods of travelling. He 
arranged that we should live on curry and rice, tea and biscuits. 
Four chickens were allowed for curry; when they were finished, 
salt fish brought for the men was to be the only appetiser for the: 
rice. I smuggled in a small flask of brandy—as my mother had 
made me promise never to travel without 1t,—two tins of sardines. 
and two of cocoa and milk. I may add that my Spartan companion 
was not above sharing these rare delicacies! Perhaps the most 
trying part, until one grew accustomed to it, was that the rice was. 
cooked overnight, so a meal of cold rice confronted one at 6 a.m. 
and another at noon. We indulged in a hot meal only at night. 
However at the end of the trip we were all as fit as the proverbial 
flea. 
14H Aprit. Started walking up the valley of the Senandok, 
our “ path ” being the bed of the stream. The leeches were fright- 
ful. I had torn my breeches above the knee, an accident of which 
these jungle pests took full advantage; I removed 15 leeches from 
Jour. Straits Branch, 
