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THREE MONTHS IN PAHANG 
stopped a moment to examine some elephant footprints which 
were some days old, and seeing a mnd hole a little to the left 
of the path I followed the track to get a better idea of their 
size in the soft earth, and came across a small stream, I at 
once realised that this must he the SunjLjei Lantin — it was 
running in the right direction, and was the first stream that 
we had come across sijice we left the Jentoh. We moved on 
again to be rewarded in a few minutes with the sight of a 
patch in the jungle alu;ad of us showing bri;,dit and clear 
against the surronndin*^ gloom. Approaching very carefully — 
one never knows what sur[>r!ses a salt lick may have in store 
for you — we entered the Taram Lantin." What an 
impressive siglit! Hidden away in the depths of the forest* 
miles away from any clearing made by human agency, was an 
open space of nearly an acre in extent, made by the denizens 
of this vast jungle, ProbabJy for centuries this spot had been 
visited by elephant, seladang, rhinoceri, tapir, and deer, who, 
whenever they felt the need of a mild aperient to regulate 
their digestions, would seek out the nearest game track 
and make all haste to the '*Taram Lantin." The Sugei 
Latitin ran through the lick: in places there was an otly 
appearance on the water and a strong smell of sulphur. 
The rocks and boulders in the river bed were polished ii> 
many places by the action of thousands of tongues. ^ But 
there were no new tracks. The rhinoceros had not visited 
the lick at all. I was very disappointed, although my journey 
up the Sat was worth it if only to see this magfiificent salt 
lick. We returned to camp after thoroughly exnmining 
the jungle in the vicinity of the taram. That evening Gcmok 
set some nets near Kuala Jentoh hoping to catch kelak. 
He caught one of about three pounds. These nets were 
of a peculiar type to me and warrant a few remarks. They 
were set in a back-water where there was no current, the ends 
of the net being fastened to stakes. The upper side of the 
net was kept at water level with the help of slabs of soft 
wood, but there were no weights on the lower side and the net 
was not fully submerged, I remarked on this to Gemok and 
he told me that as these nets were always set in slack water 
there was no necessity to weight them. The resistance of the 
net to the fish was so slight that he would not probably 
notice that anything was wrong until he was so seriously 
entangled that escape became impossible. If, he remarked, 
the bottom of the net were weighted, the fish, which are 
not driven into the net but trapped as they casnally swim 
about, would feel the net and would not be caught. Gemak 
was no doubt quite right, years of experience had taught 
