The guide soon changed li is course agaiu and descended 150 feet, and then up another 
kill 400 feet, and ho we knocked about without knowing in the least where we were going 
until 2 o’clock, when we name across a good sized track which had been made by t he 
Gutta men. ... . , 
Here another dispute took place ending in our taking the road to Bukit Gantang, and 
after we had descended about 800 feet the old guide found out he was wrong, so we re- 
legated him to the rear and retraced our steps and eventually came to a place wnicn one of 
the men recognized as having been a resting place for the Gutta searchers, and here we 
pitched the tent, four men going on to search for some of the men who collect gutta. 
T noticed one thing during the knocking about which puzzled me considerably. Just alter 
leaving the foot of Gunoiig Chev we came to a lot of rotten bamboos lying on the -ground, 
a few remaining erect, but quite rotten, the rootstocks also were quite rotten, and very few 
living plants were seen and those very young. No track of any sort, could he detected near 
the place. Can it be that these bamboos lmve all dowered together and died ? ; but if so 
where are the young seedlings which one would imagine would he the result r 
They extended for quite half a mile in the direction we travelled. 
Bain came on at 8.30 p.m., and soon after some large animal, probably a Rhinoceros, 
st ruck the tent several times, hut beyond breaking one of the ropes lie did no harm except 
perhaps startling us considerably. 
November 10th. — My men returned at 5 a.m.. having met with four Gutta-men wlio said 
that there was a very high hill near, but they knew of no road to it; but would do all they 
could to help me. 
IVe started at 7.45 a.m., and after an hour climbing we found ourselves at the foot of 
the final peak at. an elevation of 3,900 feet. 
We had passed during the morning a great number of gutta taban trees which had been 
cut down, and although t he men watched pretty closely, very few living trees could be seen 
below 3,000 feet. 
At 10.15 a.m., we reached the spot where Captain Speedy’s men fixed a flag in 1875 ; the 
rotten pole of which is still remaining, and here the men stopped, while 1 pushed on for 
another 200 feet ultimately getting to an altitude of 5,650 feet. 
The path we cut from 3,900 feet to the top is a tolerably stiff one, and we found plenty 
of clear water in the crevices of the granite. The trunks of the trees are all covered with 
long Musei dripping with moisture. 
t)n the “crown of the peak the trees are mostly Podocarpi covered with long hanging 
Usneas. 
Nepenthes sau guinea, is abundant here, and Mai onia pectinata is here shown in all its 
wild luxuriance. Judging In the foliage there must be at least 1 or 5 Rhododendrons that are 
new to me on this hill, but 1 could find nothing in bloom. 
• Gleiehenia eircinata and S’chizea imdacca.ua were abundant, and also a fern belonging to 
Blame’s Genus Lecanoptem, * 
The native who were with me constructed some small baskets and filled them with 
various things as propitiatory offerings to ihe good spirits for invading their domains. Nearly 
all the natives 1 have had with me in Perak entertain a great deal of superstition about this 
hill, and hold it in great veneration. 
We left the top of the hill at 1 r.u., by the way we ascended, although I tried very hard 
to persuade the men to try another path down, in order to get at another peak, but without 
avail, and arrived at our old camping ground at 4 p.m., thoroughly wet through. 
November 11 lh.-~ Struck our tout early, and at 7 a.m., started for Bukit Tlantang and 
found the road an extremely vexatious one, as we were unable to get onto a level “ shoulder” 
of the ranges ; hut for some distance kept up a series of ascents and descents. Directly 
after leaving our ramping ground we descended 200 feet, then rose 100 feet, fell 75 feet, 
rose 500, fell 200 feet, and then arise of 365 feet to 3,700 feet, leavirm us after an hour of 
hard travelling 300 feet higher than when we started. 
From this point the road falls all the way to the foot. 
At 2,000 feet we fell in with a hut belonging to the Chinese charcoal- burners who 
were busy plying their vocation of destruction. We reached the Police station at Bukit Gan 
tang at 12 o'clock, myself minus boots, Ac., which could not be worm in the Iasi hours walking 
owing to mud and water. Hie rain also made it very unpleasant for botanizing nurnoses* 
as it came on at 9 a.m., and kept with us for the remainder of the journey. 
• \ wai !f d al d * ldvit Cam tang until all the men had arrived, and leaVum the plants Ac 
belund walked on to Gapis, which I did by way of keeping myself warm, as I had had no 
dry clothes for three days previous. 
From Gapis !. sent: word to the Resident that 1 had returned from (danong Bubo. 
November loth. Started at 6 a.m., to walk to K walla Kaugsa, but had only walked about 
3 miles when 1 met ahorse kindly sent bv the Resident, and reached Kwaila Kaimsa at s i \t 
glad to get a change of dry clothes. ’ ” 
As regards the soil on the Bubo Yange, that below 3,000 feel consists mostly of a linn 
yellow soil, closely resembling clay, pretty freely intermixed with granite particles which 
renders it very gritty and greatly facilitates its being drained. I have seen fairly <^ 0 d coffee 
produced on much inferior soil than this iu Gey ion; ' 
In places where trees have been burned for charcoal the “ All ora 
very densely and all herbaceous vegetation growing luxuifianl. 
grass is growing 
