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.AN EXPEDITION TU MOUNT KINA BALU, 
Kaiu[>il. about 2000' liig'li. Being' oovered with grass only, 
tins hill was exposed to the full gdare of the sun. llowever, I 
decided to i)ush on to our next stoj)ping place, Bung'ol, rather 
than return to Koung, Init ))rogress was exceedingly slow, as 
after e\^ery twenty yai'ds or so of climbing I had to rest. After 
an hour’s time I took a tin of Brand’s Essence of Beef, and in 
another hour a cocktail, anth with the help of a man in front of 
me, who pulled me u]) A\’ith his stick, 1 i.)i'ogressed better. Tlie 
men were most [Xitient and sto])ped every time with me. At 
about 2 o’clock the sky darkened, affording at least some jn-otec- 
tion against the burning sun, and finally the usual thunderstorm 
broke forth, but with abnormal violence. Still climbing and quite 
drenched, we reached a little broken-down shed -where some of 
the men, with most of my private luggage and the tent, were 
awaiting me. Most of the party, how-ever, including Malagup, 
had gone on to Bungoh Here I partook of more refreshment, 
atid-feeTing very much better by this and probably also by 
the cooling rain, I, after a little rest, astonished and amused my 
men by shouting out ‘ lakas, lakas’ when they were taking up their 
things at 4.15 p.in. The ascent continued, so did the pouring 
rain, and finally, near the top of the mountain, we entered thick 
jung'le. Lightning and thunderclaps were now frequent, and 
were greeted with yells by the men. Aow began a slow descent 
along a clayey and deeply worn jungle path which in many places 
was transformed into a yelloxv stream. About G p.m. the rain 
ceased, and we approached the Kiver Menternan with many mis- 
givings. 1 knew it had to be forded before reaching Bungol, 
and when we arrived tin the bank at 6.15 ]j.m., 1 was not surpris- 
ed to lind it a roaring yellow torrent, impossible to cross. But 
-we had some hope, as from the marks along the bank we saw 
that it was going down rapidly after the heavy thunderstorm. 
So we decided to wait a little, I trying to keep myself warm by 
walking about. It got dark now and I lit the stum]3 of a can- 
dle which I found in my portmanteau, and the men made long, 
but fruitless efforts to light a fire. Two or three of our most 
))lucky men were daring enough to cross the river in order to 
go to Bungol for help and a lamp, but they did not return. 
• \\hiiting and shivering with cold, we stood about till 8. p.m., 
.when I decided to stay where I wns and fix up my tent. I put 
