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in the uew one, the last mile or so of the route being along the bed of 

 the river and very rough going for laden men. 



On the 16th July I started off with four Malays to cut a track to the 

 summit. There was a good rocky ridge nearly all the way with only 

 one insignificant descent. We reached the top about 10.15 a.m., but, as 

 there was a strong wind with thick mist and it was bitterly cold, we 

 returned to camp as no view could be obtained. Singularly little life 

 was noticed on the as.-ent, only two species of birds (Suya waterstradti 

 and Mesia argentauris) being seen, a lizard (Calotes nucrolejns) new 

 to the fauna of the Malay Peninsula and some large humble bees and 

 Asilid flies. 



On the 17th July a brief but very heavy rainstorm in the middle 

 of the night caused the river to rise over 20 ft. and nearly wash away 

 one of the huts, which was thought to have been built far above flood 

 level. 



On the 18th July we again ascended the mountain and built a small 

 cairn at the top. There was a strong wind blowing when we arrived at 

 the summit, which we made out to be approximately 7,200 ft. above the 

 sea, and the temperature was 52° F. ; but later on the mist cleared and 

 the sun came out and at 12.30 p.m. the thermometer rose to 63 c F. 



A magnificent view was obtained of the whole of the main range 

 of the Peninsula from the high mountains, north of Temongoh and 

 the Ulu Plus, to where it sinks to low hills at the watershed of the 

 Triang. Gunong Kerbau, a little north of west, w^as very conspicuous, 

 but I w T as unable to pick up any of the trigonometrical beacons, either 

 with the theodolite or a fairly powerful telescope. Close to us on 

 the Kelantan side w T as a big conical mountain, which I estimated 

 as 5,000 ft. high, which was probably Gunong Sinting, and in the 

 middle distance to the north and south-east were ranges of low lime- 

 stone hills, amongst which could be recognised Gunong Sinyum on the 

 Pahang Kiver. 



On the 19th July we walked up one branch of the Teku to its 

 source having to negotiate one or two rather nasty cliffs on the way. 

 We found that the watershed, which is presumably on the Kelantan 

 frontier, was about 5,400 ft. above sea-level. The valley on the oppo- 

 site side was said to he that of the Eelau, though certain hill sketches 

 made by Mr. Scrivenor render this somewhat doubtful and suggest 

 that the wdiole of the Tahan drainage ultimately reaches the Pahang 

 River, and that the small stream that I was informed was the Relau, 

 a tributary of the Kelantan River, is really the head-waters of the 

 Tanum, which flows into the Pahang north of Kuala Lipis. 



The objects of the expedition had now been achieved, and no 

 species new to our collection having been obtained for some days past, 

 I decided to return to Kuala Teku, which was reached on the evening 

 of the 25th July without incident. We stopped at Kuala Teku until 

 the 7th August, when, as provisions for myself were almost exhausted 

 and the remaining rice was mouldy and unwholesome, I decided to go 



