■From 3 to 4,000 feet the undergrowth consists mostly of the “ Berfcam” Palm, “ Penang; 
Lawyer” and other Palms and the soil has more vegetable mould in it with a looser subsoil. 
This altitude would include the tops of the majority of the hills, and embrace a good deal, 
of gently undulating laud along the ridges. 
Above 4,000 feet there is but little soil, being almost bare granite where the vegetation 
has been cut away, and moreover the only hill above 4,000 feet viz.. Grimong Bubo, .is too 
steep for purposes of cultivation. 
The Grutta men informed me that nearly all the trees of Grutta taban and Grutta putih 
below 3,500 have been cut down, but there are still a good number of plants of Gkitta Sing- 
garip remaining, as it is not absolutely necessary to cut down this sort in order to procure 
the tt*i. 
a. Durio which* differs from the common Duriaij in bearing the fruit on the trunk 
instead of the branches is abundant, as also are the various JDipteroCarpi yielding Dammar 
batu Dammar mata kuching and Dammar putih, &c. , 
The charcoal-burners have not, so far as T saw, ascended beyond 2,500 feet, but even, 
below this there are still some very large trees although they arc few when compared with, 
the number of small ones. 
Numerous streams have their rise in this range, which are utilized below for the paddy- 
fields. 1 noticed the paddy about here was ripening a heavy crop at the time of my visit 
November 13th Packing the plants from Bubo, and the 1 4th and 15th suffering from tin* 
'effects of wearing and sleeping in wet clothes. 
November 10th left Qualla Kangsa at 9. a.m., with 10 men and proceeded down the 
Perak river to Blanja, where we arrived at 3 p.m. On our arrival l sent a letter to Air. Bruce 
asking for two Elephants to take mo and my baggage on to Junta, as I found that the 
surrounding country was submerged, and the road for the greater part of the distance under 
water. • 
The Elephants did not arrive till the ISth, apd I spent the intervening time in searching 
the jungle about Blanja, but 1 found nothing worthy of special mention here. 
The bank by the river was very pretty with Asclepias cnrassavica, with its bright scarlet 
and orange flowers, and some patches of a pink variety o£ Sesamum were very ornamental. 
Since Blanja has been evacuated by the troops the houses have been left to fall down 
and the gardens to run wild and a rain-proof house is almost a desideratum just now. 
The soil about Blanja grows capital sugar-cane and could doubtless be utilized for other 
surface rooting crops. 
November 19th left Blanja at 6.30 a.m., for Kinta which place we reached at 5 p.m. 
where I was very kindly received by Air. Br;iN\ In the jungle between the two places 
noticed Ixora Gfriffithii blooming profusely, the Saang palm, several sterculias in fruit 
Zingiber ads and Mblastomads in great variety. 
Just before reaching Kinta I met with a new species of Dammara, previously met with 
by Mr. Low, which X may safely say is the largest foliaged conifer known, but as I could 
get ho cones I am unable to give a botanical diagnosis of the species. In a swamp close 
by Tan-da Hookerii was blooming profusely, a plant hitherto supposed to be confined to 
Borneo and Labuau, 
The plants of the tfaang palm between Blanja and Kinta will not bear comparison with, 
those on the Bubo range, where they are truly magnificent, some specimens that 1 saw on. 
the latter range had over ICO fully developed leaves, the rhomboldal blades of which were 
over 15 feet long and 4 feet brpad mountea oh petioles 12 feet in length. The most 
minute search failed to reveal any young plants and some seeds I brought to Singapore 
proved on examination to be non-fertilized as no embryo could be found in them. On 
the Bubo range its limits, seem to be between 3,000 feet and 3,900 fSet elevation. 
Between Blauja and Kinta, however, it grows at only 200 feet and on the Meeru range 
it grows from the foot of the hills up to 2,400 iTet, find on the Sayong up to 2,500 feet. 
It is invaluable to the Gutta men as two or thr® leaves are sufficient to cover a house 
large enough for five or six men. 
Owing to the recent heavy rains, and consequent rising of the Kinta river, I found 
the country flooded for some distance around, about 2 feet of water covering Mr. Bruce’s" 
garden where only a week or so before Onions, Lettuces and Tomatoes, &e., gave promise 
of a plentiful crop of salads, &c. 
November 20th. — 111 from the effect of a slight sunstroke which attacked .me the day 
previous at' Ayer-puteh. 
November 21st. — Still ill, but as the time allotted for my si av in Perak was drawing to an 
end 1 thought I had better start for the Karnper district, which the Resident had desired 
me to visit, and at 7.30 a.m. accompanied by Mr. Bruce, 5 sepoys, 14 coolies, and with 5 
Elephants wo left Kinta , and at 11 a.m., reached Banka! an Bahru, a little village on the 
ban!-: of the Snnghic Raya composed of about a score of houses inhabited by Chinese and 
Malays. 
This is the entrepot for all the tin from Doping and other places E. of Kinta. At 3 j?.m. 
we arrived at a large clearing planted with plantains and finding a fair-sized hut hero, we 
put up for the night. 
Between Kinta and this place some attempts at cultivation have been made, and some 
extensive tracts cleared, i. e. trees are cut down at 10 or 12 feet from the ground and left 
to lie, the jungle burned, which chars the timber and renders h useless, and then paddy is 
