Guiioiig Tahan, which is probably the watershed between Kelantan and 

 Pahang, the stream rising on the other side of the divide being stair d 

 to be the Relan, a tributary of the Kelantan. The other branch winds 

 along under the base of Gunong Tahan and takes its rise in the pass 

 between that mountain and the one called Gunong Tahan by the 

 Pahang Malays, and which is the one visible from the 6th Camp and 

 depicted in plate C. 



The climb from the Kuala is very steep until the top of the ridge is 

 reached, after which the top is almost flat for about a mile, so much so 

 that it was difficult to find the actual summit. The ridge was broad 

 and sloped away fairly gently on the north, but was very precipitous 

 on the side facing the Teku. Vegetation was similar to that in the 

 valley, with the exception of the large-leaved rhododendrons which 

 were not noticed elsewhere. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Mammals. — It will be seen from Mr. Bonhote's report that 27 

 species were obtained in the course of the expedition, but of these 

 nine were secured either at Kuala Tembeling or at Kuala Lipis, leaving 

 only eighteen from Gunong Tahan itself. Of the two species described 

 as new, one Sciurus tahan has since been found to be widely distributed 

 on the loftier mountains of the Peninsula ; while the other Coelops 

 robinsoni as a small and inconspicuous bat that might readily be 

 overlooked anywhere. 



Siamangs, gibbons and leaf monkeys were very common on the 

 lower slopes of Gunong Tahan, but ceased abruptly at about 3,000 ft., 

 and none were either seen or heard above that height. At the foot of 

 the mountain, near Kuala Teku, fairly fresh tracks of elephant, 

 rhinoceros and tapir w^ere noted, and during our stay at the higher 

 camps, a large herd of the former had evidently spent some time in the 

 vicinity, though luckily they had not interfered with our house. 

 Elephant tracks and dung were noted at over 5,000 ft. on the pass 

 leading from the head-waters of the Tahan into Kelantan. 



One of the most curious points in connection with the fauna was 

 the utter absence of pig and deer — either sambhur, barking deer or 

 mouse deer. The absence of sambhur (rnsa) was not perhaps very 

 extraordinary, as this species frequents, as a rule, forest in the vicinity 

 of clearings and kampong land, but I certainly expected to meet with 

 barking deer (kijang) ; and the absence of mouse deer {prion dole and 

 napu), which are usually abundant everywhere, is quite inexplicable. 

 The non-occurrence of pigs, which are very abundant on the Selangor 

 main range up to about 5,000 ft., was perhaps due to the relative 

 scarcity of tuberous plants on which these animals maiuly feed. The 

 hambing gurun (Nemorhaedus swetteiihami) was heard, and its dung seen 

 high up on Gunong Tahan at about 6,500 ft., and also in the valley 

 at slightly over 5,000 ft., but it appeared to be rare. 



