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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



rounds the western end of the mountain. Its summit was 

 in sight during nearly the whole day, and was viewed 

 from various angles. The western or Maripari spur was 

 particularly in evidence. About noon the path descended 

 to the river at Kaung (about i,ooo feet A. T.), and then 

 ascended steadily on the west side of the ridge to Kiau, 

 which was reached about 3:30 p. m., some of the coolies 

 not coming in till several hours later. All the way from 

 Kaung up to Kiau we were pelted with a steady, cold 

 rain. The government has another of its useful shelters 

 at Kiau, and we were very glad to get in out of the cold 

 and wet. 



This place is about 3,000 feet A. T. It is scat- 

 tered about on the exceedingly steep hillsides, and the 

 Dusuns have a number of very well kept gardens, where 

 they cultivate taro, rice, etc., on ground so steep that 

 it is difficult to stand on it. The town is located in a small 

 cocoanut grove, and there is also a fair supply of oranges 

 and of the betel nut palm. There is also a very fine large 

 pom.elo tree, which was planted here by Sir Hugh Low on 

 one of his trips a half century ago. The fruit is valued 

 to some extent by the natives ; but they have never taken 

 the trouble to plant additional trees. These Dusuns are 

 not a particularly ambitious lot, but they certainly do some 

 very hard work in the care of their field crops. They 

 are fond of various kinds of small game and do consid- 

 erable trapping of rats, which they eat very eagerly. 



From Kiau point our coolies returned to the lowland, 

 some of them not even resting over night before starting. 



March 15th. — This morning a good many of the men 

 of the village came in to see us. Mr. Maxwell asked for 

 volunteers to accompany me on my trip and about thirty 

 men were eager to go. Since I needed only ten to take 

 care of my outfit, it was possible to exercise some choice, 

 and Mr. Maxwell picked out a very excellent set of car- 

 riers for me. In previous ascents of Kinabalu it was 

 deemed necessary, in accordance with local tradition, to 

 take three guides, or old men, whose duty was to say the 



