A Vacation Trip to Mt. Kinabalu in North Borneo. 19 



was as follows: Leaving Manila in the latter part of 

 February by a Spanish boat, the ''Garcia Pitogo," the 

 first four days were occupied with a trip to Puerto Prin- 

 cesa, Palawan; then two days in the small customs 

 cutter ''Sora" to Kudat, Borneo; and then about ten 

 hours by the North German Lloyd S. S. "Marudu" to 

 Jesselton, where I presented my letter to the Governor 

 and obtained permission to make the mountain trip. On 

 March loth the Governor very kindly placed the G. S. Y. 

 'Tetrel" at my disposal to take me and my outfit from 

 Jesselton to Usukan Bay. From Usukan Bay it was a 

 walk of but seven miles, over an excellent bridle path, to 

 Kotabelud, the real starting-point for the trip. Mr. D. R. 

 Maxwell, the out-station officer at Kotabelud, made all the 

 arrangements for the journey, and it is to his skillful 

 management and to the confidence which the natives had 

 in him that the success of the trip is due. 



Kotabelud occupies a commanding position overlooking 

 the lower valley of the Tampassuk River. There was a 

 day or two of delay here to assemble the coolies who 

 were to take my outfit to the base of the mountain, thirty- 

 four miles distant. On the morning of March 13th we 

 started the coolies about 8 a. m., and followed them on 

 ponies a few hours later. The bridle path wound in and 

 out along the bases of the hills overlooking the valley 

 of the Tampassuk. It was a very pretty but a scantily 

 populated country through which we were passing. Late 

 in the afternoon we arrived at Kabaya, where the gov- 

 ernment maintains a shelter house. It had been raining 

 steadily for an hour or so, and the shelter was a welcome 

 sight to white men and natives alike. We made about 

 fourteen miles that day. 



March 14th. — As there were rough spots in the path 

 ahead, the ponies were sent back this morning and we 

 proceeded on foot. The country was becoming much 

 rougher, the ridges higher, and the scenery much finer. 

 The path led in a southerly direction, bending to the 

 southwest and wxst where the valley of the Tampassuk 



