AN EXPEDITION TO MOUNT BATU LAWI. 5 
Ibid. p. 109 ‘‘and I may yet get alookat Lawi. I haveconstantly borne in 
mind the whisper I overheard, that only certain privileged individuals are allow- 
ed to get a sight of this famous hill.”’ 
Ibid. pp, 117, 118. ‘* About 11 p.m. started in a south-west direction for 
about a mile anda half, to the top of a hill, from whence there is usually a 
view of Lawi, in a south-west directicn ; all the mountains, however, are hidden 
in clouds, but it must bea high one if remarkable among its towering neighbours. 
The whole appearance of the country is mountainous, each range becoming more 
lofty as we approach the hidden interior. From the elevation of about 4, 348 feet. 
the two mountains next us looked very high, perhaps between 7, 000 and 8, OVO 
feet : they say these are the children, Lawi the father.’’ 
Were the people not so busy with their farms, and I so pressed for time, 
I would try and reach Lawi, as there are people residing at its foot ; but I must 
put it off till next expedition, when I hope to pass the mountain.’ 
Ibid. p. 121. Again Lawi was so covered with clouds that nothing but ts 
base could be seen ; 1t appeared about fifteen miles off in aS. W. direction. [ 
hear that the Limbang rises in that mountain. There are villages at its base, 
two of which were lately attacked by the Kayans and destroyed. 
A. R. Wallace. Australasia, 4th Hd. 1884, p. 348. ‘‘Further north how- 
ever, to the south-east of Brunei, are many mountains believed to Le from 7000 
to 8000-feet, and one, Lawi, said to be muchh igher, and to form the culminating 
point of this district ’’. 
Ibid. p. 349. ‘‘The latter river (the Limbang) was explored by Mr Sr. John 
in 1858 nearly to its sources in mountains between 5000 and 6000 feet high, and 
about 10 miles north of the lofty Lawi mountain, which he was unable to reach’’, 
R. 5. Douglas. Sarawak Gazette. 1909. p. 29. ‘‘Wenext proceeded up the 
Kab +n river as far as the Merang river and after camping here for the night, we 
pushed on until we reached the foot of the Pamabo Range, which we cl:mbed 
and crossed at Pong Pawan some 5,000 feet high. The view from the summit 
was quite indescribale in its beauty. On the west side we overlooked the Tutau 
river as far away as Mount Mulu, and away northwards, across the Limbang 
River to .‘atu Lawi. On the east side the view was finer still, as it overlooked 
the whole of that much talked of central plain, which comprises the Bah and 
Mein coun ry, and is bounded by the ranges of Pamabo, Murud and Apo Rawat 
on three sides and Baram river on the South-Hast’’. 
W. R. T. Clement. Sarawak Museum Journal, 1911, Vol. I, pp. 1384, 185. 
A Murut legend describing the “ spiritual origin of Batu Lawi. After su dry 
vicissitides including a difference of opinion with another mountain, the story 
ends thus:—‘“‘And Batu Bunga, now a broken tumbled mass, ‘resides in the 
Falutut country, while Batu Law is still to be seen and admired near the 
sources of the Limbang River. 
“There, for ever untrodden by the foot of man, 
‘* A lasting monument of ages to stand,’’ 
A.B. W. in Sarawak Gazette, 1911, p. 70: Quoting one words of an old 
Kalabit warr or, ‘‘At the end of ten days we reached the foot of theBatu Laweh, 
a rock, Tuan, that stands alone and reaches to the sky. One day’s march it 
takes to round its base and no man has ever dared to scale its sheer white face. 
‘“ There we made a halt. Two of our men were ill of the fever ; they died, 
and we buried them at the foot of the rock in the sandy flat where the badalt 
(rhinoceros) love to play. Here also we took the oath again for hearts were 
eon faint ’’. 
.C. Moulton. Sarawak Gazette, 1911, pp. 148-151. A preliminary account 
and Se udoaved report on this expedition. 
R. A. Soc., No. 63 1912. 
