T . c „ . . , P er day was about 2 
catties. 1 saw one piece ot pure tin aixmt the size of a bantam « egg ; but it showed no sums 
of having been dug from a lode. — Tempo rat ore at 6 p.m; 70 Fa hr. - 
UctoberSOth.— A resent 6 a. u. aud at- 6.30 we left the hospitable Chinaim a and recommenced 
our ascent, which, up to 2,700 feet was about the hardest work we had all the wav no the low' 
jungle being composed mostly of Zingiberads, Dracaenas and Ferns. At 2.700 feet we fell in 
with a hut which has been used by Malays, as evidenced by the pillows being Left behind who 
during their stay here had cleared the "round for some distumv around, and pbmted urians and 
coffee, Ac. The coffee. plants wore looking very healthy although nearly ovmaiTown with 
weeds; but they were bearing no fruit at the rime of mv visit. The 
... - altera” grass (’Panic um 
repeus) was growing.! -3 rootingo and very dense here, which speaks well for the soil. 1 
think the best soil on this range is in be found 
^ , , aweit hero, running up aud down for about 
n -000 feet from this point . At 3,200 feet we saw some signs of oast minim-- o Derations ami 
occasionally met with blocks of quartz cropping through the soil. * * 1 
After reaching 3,800 feet the track defends for .100 feet, and i\w about a mile rises 
and falls several limes until the foot of the peak is readied. 
The jungle here was very beautiful, large masses of yellow, white, and red Rhododendrons 
! 11. javarueum, and vat and R. jastmmfiorum) scarlet a .Kselmm-nthus and a grand white 
ALedirudlu covered the trunks of the largest trees, and a blooming profusely. Nothin-- could 
Possibly surpass the goi-geoomtcss of Ihe immense masses of the yellow Rhododendron, 
covered with its large urubeis of brilliant orange blooms, aud on several trees Sokudru 
gran difloq* was bearing numbers of its enormous trumpet shaped blossoms. Nor were 
Orchids entirely absent, a charming new, a white-flowered Demlrobnuu was blooming very 
profusely in one or two places. At 4,000 feet, large boulders of granite 20 to BO feet high 
were quite covered vita Belangers pleenv, urt. ( Asplen/ium Belangerii) one of the prettiest 
terns yet discovered, 9 " 
. •*'*-!' " 13it*cli ;j old. camping ground, which, by my aneroid, I estimu- 
t.eu io be 4,->.0d lect ao<ne sc • level, Air. Birch's party had cleared about 2 acres on the 
igli. 
old trees 
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Nephrol cpLs and (Keienenias* 
. -i bn consists of a layer ot biack vegetable mould G 12 thick on a tine yellow 
triable loam, pretty freely mixed with granite particles. 
fun" 'That I have seen ot Cinchona Jiy Ceylon i should haw no hesiuitiou in prone an - 
cni;g r ms good (. uicaoua laud, to say nothing or the nossibllitv or growing good' cabbages, Ac 
Temperature at 12 o’clock 71. 5. Fahr. 
Ij nfortunately the clouds were ven low, and thick, shutting out: the whole couutrv 
below from our view, but the scene presented by so many peaks rising one behind the other 
was very fine.* ’ 
Alter picelnug our tent and getting breakfast. 1 marled wok some of my men for a 
taller peak bouth of our camping ground, which I found to be 4.650 feet where X saw some very 
pretty Calanrhes ( 1.. cureuligoides and C. angustifolia), a few plants of the bloody pitcher 
plant ^(Nepenthes saiiguinea) besides Rhododendrons and Ferns, Ac. 
lyain came on at 2.30 p.m. and continued till 7 p m. which pm an end to our butaui- 
zing tor that day. Temperature at 6 p.m. 68 ° Fahr. From 7.30 to 8. B0 p.m. we saw the 
lights at the Residency very plainly. 
October 21st. Temperature at 6 a.m, 61 Fahr. Started at 6. B0 a.xi to visit another 
(leak East of our camp, which appeared to be about 5,000 feet high, but soon after starting 
it vet y tuick mist covered the bilks which unfortunately caused us to loose our road, and 
we got to tne top of another hill still farther East which I found was only 4,750 feet ,* but 
we found several plants we had not previously met with. 
The vegetation on the top consists mostly of scrubby Podoearpi, Dipteris Xforsiieldii 
Rhododendrons, \ accinium sp. Oleandra neriiformis and Nepenthes sanguinea, tlte last 
named in abundance. 
A very pretty white flowered Eria was also blooming very profusely amongst the 
Ferns. Temperature at 9 on this peak 68 © . Returning to our camping ground we collected 
several plants, including Amectochilus setaceus A. Dawsonianus, Trichomanes erlcoides or a 
lot of Ferns aud several Zingiberads. 
Temperature at the tent, at 12 o’clock 68 o .—Rain came on- at 1.30 which lasted till 
3 p.m., after which we got occasional glimpses of the surrounding country. Temperature at 
6 p.m. 66 Fab . clear. 
October 22nd. — Temperature at 6 a. at. 62 c Fak. V ery thick, left at 7 a. A t. on our des- 
cending journey, which, owing to the rain, we found less pleasant than ascending, and the mist 
prevented us from seeing more than 20 feet ahead. Not one of my men could be persuaded 
to climb a tree for ah Orchid on account of thehiumerous Calami and Frevcinetias. 
However, J. managed to secure a very fair stock of plants, including several rare, if 
totally unknown species, and reached Thaipeng again at 12 o’clock in a perfect 
tea to Do reel auove s>y level. Mr. Biyen's putty had cleared about 2 acres 
lop, out it had grown very illicit since, aud wo found it very difficult to walkdhroug 
Several young trees luul sprung up 1 1 > feet since 1S75 ; but nearly all the ok 
nTc standing ip-e dead. i he undergrowth consisted mostly of Litohrochia aurita, Eteris at 
not 
torrent of rain, 
