A Vacation Trip to Mt. Kinabalu in North Borneo. 21 



necessary prayers to propitiate the spirit of the mountain. 

 After a lengthy conference Mr. Maxwell succeeded in per- 

 suading them that I could get along with only two old 

 men to say the prayers. This was quite an advantage, 

 as each of these priests expects a good deal more pay 

 than the average carrier and does not carry a load. The 

 whole of this day was spent by Mr. Maxwell in arrang- 

 ing the details of the trip and in dividing up the rice, 

 fish, cigarettes, blankets, etc., so that each man would 

 have his proper share. It is hard for one unacquainted 

 with the brown races to appreciate the difficulty of nego- 

 tiating with a primitive people and the patience required 

 in arranging such a trip as this. A number of the pre- 

 vious expeditions to Kinabalu failed at just this point; but, 

 thanks to Mr. Maxwell's splendid management, this was 

 handled with the least possible delay, and the natives were 

 satisfied. Heavy rain fell from 9 a. m. on for the rest 

 of the day. The evening was clear. 



March 16th.- — This morning at 7:15 o'clock I took leave 

 of Mr. Maxwell and started out on the mountain trip 

 proper. The trail led up and down through taro fields 

 and was difficult going for an hour or two till we struck 

 the bed of the Kadamayan River, which is a branch of 

 the Tampassuk and is here a mountain torrent. We fol- 

 lowed up the bed of the stream, now wading against the 

 current, now clambering over boulders, for about an 

 hour and a I^alf, when we were able to get a steep trail 

 by which we could climb up the forest-covered side of the 

 gorge. About noon we arrived at Lobang, alongside 

 the stream again and at the foot of a high fall. We were 

 able to make camp under an overhanging boulder a few 

 minutes before the rain began. This place was deter- 

 mined upon as our camp-site because it was one of the 

 points at which some of the necessary prayers had to be 

 said, and the prayer must be said at night. The altitude 

 of this place is about 5,000 feet A. T. The afternoon 

 (2 p. M.) temperature was 62° and the temperature at 

 6 o'clock next morning about 60°. 



