226 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES, 



of water dripped on to us from the rocks above. We left our 

 cave at once and proceeded to the summit, find climbed on to 

 some small trees just in time to see the sun rise. The morn- 

 ing was beautifully clear and we got a magnificent view; 

 bounded on the north by Mount Robinson, Gunong Chalei and 

 Gunong Rumjup. Immediately below us to the east lay a long 

 and narrow valley running nearly true north and south ; the 

 northern end of it drained by a tributary of the Sungei Dl- 

 pong the southern end by Sungei Ghindariang ; beyond this 

 valley another ridge rose nearly as high as the one on which 

 we stood, and our Sakei guides told us that the valley on its 

 eastern face was the one in which the Sungei Batang Padang 

 took its rise. It appeared to be nearly parallel to the valley 

 immediately below us. Behind this range rose another at the 

 eastern side of which the Ulu Biclor is said to be found ; and 

 beyond this the sky line is formed by a very lofty range ap- 

 parently nearly continuous from mount Robinson, with one 

 very steep pass through it a little to the North of East from 

 where we were standing. In this pass I imagine the Dipong 

 takes its rise. This sky-line range, the Sakei said, divides 

 the watershed of the Peninsula, and is therefore the much- 

 sought for u back-bone" range. Some distance to the south 

 east there appeared to be a spur which might well form the 

 valley of the Stengel Slim. The Sakei, from whom I got these 

 particulars, live on the western slopes of Bujang Malacca, and 

 do not appear to have ever been down even the eastern face of 

 their own hill. I should not therefore have felt much inclin- 

 ed to place confidence in what they told me, had nut the lay 

 of the land corresponded exactly with what was to have been 

 expected from what is known of the rivers draining this part 

 of the country. I was particularly struck by the mountainous 

 nature of the country to the east and south, as well as to the 

 north ; having been originally under the impression that the 

 Batang Padang and Bidor rivers drained a broad level valley 

 similar to the Perak or Kinta vallevs. 



The following are some bearin 



igs which 



I obtained and 



vhich may be useful : — 









Gunong Robinson 





1 1° 00 5 ] 



! 



„ Ramjup 





14° 00' 



=-Skv line. 



w Chalei 





17° 00' J 



1 



„ Lumbei 





112" 00' 



Sky line. 



( u back-bone"' range 



?) 







Gunong Ulu Bidor 





136° 00' • 





j, Bubo 





307° 00' 



distant. 



?; Rancliiai 





307° 30' 



near, 



