THROUGH AN UNKNOWN CORNER OF PAHANG. 139 
We left at ten that night following the great Pahang River 
down to Pekan, the Government station and residence of the 
Sultan, near the mouth, arriving there at 3 a.m. on the 23rd April. 
All our time and compass survey records were lost and so far 
as I know, no one has been through that way since; that corner of 
the map therefore remains blank to this day. We established how- 
ever the fact that the Tekal and the Tembiling Rivers rise from 
the same hill, although the latter runs north and then bends west 
before it finally runs south parallel to the Tekal. 
We were particularly unlucky in finding the water in the 
Tekal at such a level as to make the rapids most difficult. It was 
my first real jungle trip. One learnt a great deal from Clifford, 
under whose guidance one realised what cheery companions Malays 
can be under such circumstances. 
@y) 
R. A. Soc., No. 85, 1922. 
