GUNONG TAHAN AND GUNONG RIAM. 13 
ourselves in new surroundings. Low shrubs, the larger ones show- 
ing the influence of the strong winds, bare rock, and here and there 
a thin covering of peat, gave the impression of moorland, but in 
place of heather were strange bushes and the smaller plants were 
pitcher-plants, orchids and other things that I will not venture 
to name. One comon orchid had a small pale-green flower, and 
I was much taken with a large bright yellow flower that I learned 
afterwards was a rare orchid found previously on Gunong Bubu. I 
do not remember seeing any rhododendrons, but as I would only be 
likely to,notice the blossoms, there may have been hundredsiof bushes. 
From the plateau we had a good view of Gunong Tahan (Fig. 
1, Plate III) with fair sized trees in the shelter of a depression in 
the foreground. This I noticed elsewhere on this journey: that in 
gullies where the strong winds could not be felt the vegetation was 
bigger. The posts seen on the left of the sketch were put up by 
the 1905 expedition. 
Leaving the plateau-land we dropped into the valley of the 
Teku above the waterfall and followed up the stream, jumping from 
boulder to boulder, until we arrived at a big pool at an elevation of 
about 5000 feet, where the Teku was joined by a tributary. This 
was immediately below the ridge leading to the summit of the 
mountain, and here we camped for the night. I enjoyed a delight- 
ful bathe in the cold water of the pool, but Mat Riflin was the only 
one of the Malays to join me. 
The following morning a short climb brought us to the top of 
the ridge of Gunong Tahan. There is a little flat land even on the 
top of this ridge, but I doubt if it could be utilized. From the 
Summit we could see another big mountain to the north, afterwards 
identified as Gunong Ulu Kamua, and to the west, far below us, a 
range of limestone hills that I judged must be the limestone hills 
marked on the Royal Asiatic Society’s map in the Ulu of the 
Tanun. As it was evident thata clear view of the whole Tahan 
Range, or nearly the whole of it, could be obtained from these hills 
(the Cherual limestone hills, vide the Geology and Mining Industries 
of Ulu Pahang, Plate IV) I determined to visit them later on. 
‘During the return journey to the Kuala of the Teku my men 
made a collection of the abundant quartz crystals that one finds 
scattered over the surface and in veins in the rock. They call them 
“intan,” and it is probable that these sparkling, but worthless 
_ Stones, seen long ago by some forgotten Malay or aboriginal, are 
partly responsible for the Malay notion that the Jins on Gunong 
Tahan guarded a treasure of precious stones and gold. I might 
remark in passing that I have seen in the Uiu of the Tembeling a 
Jin who once lived on Gunong Tahan, but who was hurled down 
and turned into stone by the presiding Jin for insubordination. 
THE TAHAN RANGE AS SEEN FROM THE CHERUAL 
LIMESTONE HILLS. 
In July of 1906 I was able to visit the Cherual limestone hills, 
seen from the summit of Gunong Tahan. The journey up the S. 
R. A. Soc., No. 63, 1912. 
