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But we thought it likely that the Chinese tenants might return at 
night to enter into possession again, not knowing we had elected to 
remain, and therefore, when about 10 p.m. we were aroused by a 
shout outside and the light of a torch, there was some excite- 
ment. Isat up and saw a fierce looking man advance and shake 
the bamboo door violently. He had a large spear with him, and 
I quickly realized that he was a Senoi. Then when the door was 
opened as romantic a group of human beings came in as could be 
imagined. The first to enter was the man with the spear. He 
also had a blowpipe, and was a short, thick-set, middle-aged man 
‘with a fine though savage face, who came in unconcernedly and sat 
down by the remnants of a fire. After him came two little child- 
ren, two minute dots of savagery with timid mien and hesitating 
steps. Last came the mother, a by no means uncomely Senoi lady, 
left to straggle in as she thought fit. What this family was doing 
abroad in the jungle at night I do not know. They spent the night 
in the Kongsi and went their own way next morning. 
The Senoi youth in Fig. 2 of Plate IV was one of the men who 
came with me. I photographed him as an exceptionally pleasant 
type of savage. Some of my anthropological friends, if they saw 
him, might say that his pleasantness, and cleanliness showed the 
contamination of civilization. For myself, the pleasanter and 
‘cleaner a savage is, the better I like him. 
As a possible health resort Riam is useless, as jsf consists of 
one sharp waterless ridge. Asa mountain well w © h visitmg, 
however, | commend Gunong Riam to all who d\ in Kinta. 
Two days good walking from Tanjong Rambutan shu bring one 
to the top, and although Malays may talk of the natuiiu difficulties 
of the journey, no one but a cripple would be stopped by them. 
The only difficulty is the transport of baggage, and if anyone deter- 
mines to ascend the mountain, I would advise them to send for 
Senoi from the Ulu of the Kinta, who would also act as guides. 
The Malays of the neighbourhood are not very much use, although 
I must say that one man with me worked well for his wages. Apart 
from transport troubles I regard the ascent of Riam as the easiest 
climb I have had in the Peninsula. 
COMPARISON OF THE STRUCTURE OF GUNONG TAHAN, GUNONG 
RIAM AND OTHER PENINSULAR MOUNTAINS. 
In conclusion I will deal very briefly with the stfucture of 
Gunong Tahan, Gunong. Riam, and other mountains in the main 
range. It is common knowledge that the main range is mostly 
composed of granite. Granite is a rock that solidified at a consi- 
derable depth from the surface. In the case of the main range of 
the Peninsula the granite rose in a molten state in the crust before 
solidifying, the rise being rendered possible by the folding of 
stratified rocks above into an arch, or anticline, of great length. 
Two at least of these anticlines were formed at the same time, or 
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