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THE BEJTISH NOETH BOENEO HEEALD. 
[Aug: 1, 1892. 
threatening the voyagers with their spears on one occasion | 
when they attempted to land. The party arrived at 
Cygnet Bay, inside the entrance of King Sound, on April 
17th. There they procured supplies and proceeded on 
their voyage, reaching Roebuck Bay, 400 miles distant, on 
the 20th of April. The men landed in excellent health. 
The captain deserves much credit for his gallant, but 
somewhat useless voyage. Yiscount Cantelupe purchased 
the Sunbeam from Lord Brassey, his object being to eng¬ 
age in pearling on this coast. Captain Read brought the 
vessel out from England. — Melbourne Argm^ May 28th 
Eo.ads into the Intekiok. —From time to time we 
propose to give particulars of such means of access as 
we have at present into the interior. The two routes to 
the interior given below are only available for foot 
passengers and not for ponies or pack cattle, and the 
tracks are liable to change, as the clearings are made 
here and there, but the main line continues the same 
and still corresponds with Witti’s notes of 1882. 
In reply to the question how to reach the Head¬ 
waters of the Sugut from the ('oast, Mr. Little gives the 
following details:— 
Roads. 
Mr. Little savs that 
1. —From Bongon Estate pier to^Loroiig ) i 
Bunoh Dato Undoks village. S ’ lOurs. 
2. —Eh’om Lorong Bunoh to the place on \ 
the Bongon where Traders gener- ( ^ 
ally stop. This goes along a ridge i ‘ ” 
no water. ) 
8.—From the stopping place to Mumus [ ^ 
quite flat and follows the river. j ' 
4.^—Mumus to Kopuakan River. ... 10 ,, 
to Ulu Sugut, 29 hours. 
Mr. Hewett says; Easiest Route to the Sugut from 
Tuaran to Kian 3 days. 2 days to Ulu Sugut—Moun¬ 
tainous the whole way. If using Coast coolies as carriers 
double the time. Katives amicable and assist willingly. 
An interesting match was shot at Labuaii on 22nd 
June between Hr. Stewart and Mr. Reginald Applin for 
a purse of $20.00. 
The conditions were 15 birds each at 25 yards rise 
from 3 tiAps under the Gun ( Jub Rules. Mr. Applin 
to allow Hr. Stewart 3 dead birds. 
The match resulted in a victory for Hr. Stewart 
who shot splendidly, indeed ho only failed to stop one 
bird of those he fired at, and that one went away hard 
hit. He allowed Iris Sth bird to go away unfired at, 
having neglected to cock his gun. Mr. Applin did not 
shoot up to his usual form* 
The birds were wild green pigeons, and very fast. 
The score was as follows:— 
Allowed. Total. 
Hr. Stewart 25 yards—1.1.1.1.1.11.0.1.0.1.1.1. == 11 
Mr. Appliii „ „ —0.0.1.1.0.1.1.1.0,1.10. = 7 
Mr. G. M. O’B. Horsford acted as Referee and Mr. 
J. E. G. Wheatley kindly pulled the traps. 
We hear that a return match will probably he shot 
later on at 25 birds each and 30 yards rise. 
After the match four ^1.00 sweeps were sliot off 
by the spectators present. The winners were Mr. 
Applin 30 yards (3 sweeps ) and Mr. Jones 26 yards 
(1 sweep ). 
Mr. AYise writes to us from Papar as follow^s :— 
I send you herewith the measurements of horns of a 
stag 1 shot here some days ago. They seem to me to 
be exceptionally fine for this country and the natives 
tell me, are the finest ever got in this district. The 
length is not perhaps exceptional but the horns are very 
massive and heavy. It would be interesting if other 
sportsmen and subscribers to the Herald would send for 
comparison the measurements of any large horns they 
may have obtained. The measurements are as 
follows— 
Total length of horn ., 
Length of brow tine ., 
Girth above burr 
Girth at centre of beam 
194 inches. 
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Hih Excellency the Acting Governor accompanied 
by Mr. A. G. Aldous Acting Assistant Government 
Secretary left Sandakan in the Cruiser Petrel on July 
12th for the river Kinabatangan returning on July 17th. 
We are glad to learn that tobacco prospects on the “big 
river'’ are by no means so gloomy as we have lately 
been led to believe, and that there is every probability 
of getting a fairly good if somewhat late crop. The 
Managers of the various estates are hopeful to make up 
for tlie adverse bad weather which prevailed for the 
first six months of this year, weather by the by that 
appears to have been almost universal over the East. 
We trust the latter six months of the year 1892 will 
make amends. 
The steamer Ranee Captain Ow'en returned from 
Darvel Bay on Saturday July 16th and left on the 17th 
for Singapore via Kudat and Labuan. Mr. Henry 
Walker Commissioner of Lands was a passenger to Kudat. 
The Ranee shipped the whole of the tobacco from the 
Amsterdam Company’s Marienberg Estate Labuk river 
to take to Singapore en route for Europe. 
“ There is a curious story afloat as to the adven¬ 
ture of a globe-trotter and a kuruma coolie, which we 
give with all reservation. The globe-trotter, so the 
story runs, a veritable Verdant Green, in helmet and 
white flannels, took the coolie as his guide, philosopher 
and friend to conduct him around town. Among other 
places visited was a native curio store, where an object 
excited the connoisseur’s attention. He admired it- and 
at length asked the coolie the price. The coolie en¬ 
quired of the shopkeeper and learnt that it was one and 
a half dollars. He thereupon expatiated upon its 
merits, its novelty, rarity and peculiarity of design, as 
well as its antiquity, and quoted 3i)0 yen, which the 
globe-trotter willingly paid .—(Hyogo Ahms).” 
4YE regret to record a case of quasi amok which 
