Tiie guide soon change* fkis cou rse again and descended 150 feet, and then up another 
lull 400 feet, and so we knocked about without knowing in the least where we were going 
until 2 o’clock, when we came across a good sized track which had been made by the 
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 cauu* to a place which one of 
the men recognized as having been a resting place for the Giitta searchers, and here we 
pitched the tent, four men going on to search for some of the men who collect gutta. 
I noticed one thing during the knocking about which puzzled me considerably, dust after 
leaving the foot of G-unong Cliey 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 ter , y few 
living plants were seen and those -tfery young. No track: of am sort could be detected near 
the place. Can it he that these bamboos have all flowered together and died ? y but if so 
where are the young seedlings which one would imagine would be the result? 
They extended for quite half a mile in the direction we travelled. 
Bain came on at 8.80 p.m., and soon after some large animal, probably a Rhinoceros, 
struck the tent several times, but beyond breaking one of the ropes he did no harm except 
perhaps startling us considerably. 
November 10th. — My men returned at 5 a.m., having met with four Gutta-inen who said 
that there was* & very high hill near, but they knew of no road to it ; but would do all tbej 
could to help me. 
IVe started at 7.45 a.m., and after an hour climbing we found ourselves iit 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 the men watched pretty closely, very few living trees could be seen 
below 3,000 feet. 
At 10.15 a, xi., we reached the spot where Captain Speedy's men fixed a flag in IS 75 ; 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 Musci dripping with moisture. 
On the “ crown ” of the peak the trees are mostly Podocarpi covered with long hanging 
U sneas. 
Nepenthes sanguinea is abundant is.cre, and Mai on i a pectinata is here shown in all its 
wild luxuriance. Judging by the foliage there must be at least l or 5 Rhododendrons that are 
new to me on this hill, hut J could find nothing in bloom. • , 
Gleichenia circinata and JSeliizea malaceana were abundant, and also a fern belonging to 
Blume’s Genus Lecanopteris. 
The native who were with me constructed some small baskets and filled them* with 
various things as propitiatory offerings to the good spirits for invading their domains. Nearly 
all the natives I 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 tl e hill at 1 :l\m., 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 tit — Struck our tent early, and at 7 \.M., started for Bukit Gantang and 
found the road an extremels vexatious one, as we were unable to gel onto a level “ shoulder” 
of the ranges; but foe some distance kept up a series of ascents and descents. Directly 
after leaving our camping 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, leaving 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 Gam 
tang at 12 o'clock, myself mi n ut boots, Ac., which could not be worm iu the hist hour’s walking, 
owing to mud and water. The rain also made it very unpleasant for botanizing purposes', 
as it came on at 9 a.m.. ana kept with us for the remainder of the journey. 
' J waited at Bukit Gantang until all the men had arrived, and leaving the plants. Ac. 
behind, walked onto GapB, which 1 did by way of keeping mvself warm, as I had had no 
ery clothes for three days previous. 
Prom Gapis I sent word to the Resident that I had returned from Gunong Bubo. 
November 15th.— Started at 6 a.m., to walk to Kwaila Kangsa, but had only walked about 
'> miles when I met a. horse kindly sent by the Resident, and reached Kwaila Kaugsa, at 8 a.m. 
glad 1° get a change of dry clothes, 
As regards the soil on the Bubo range, that below 3,000 feet consists mostly of a firm 
yeLow soil, closely resembling clay, pretty freely intermixed with granite particles which 
rentiers it very gritty and greatly facilitates its being drained. 1 have seen fairly -ood coffee 
produced on much inferior soil than this in Ceylon. " ° 
H places where trees have been burned for charcoal the ‘ Attora ” grass is crowd im 
■' densely and all herbaceous vegetation growing luxuriant. 
