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and following the same path as before spent the first night 
at an elevation of 4400 ft., the next on a marshy spot— 
probably Kamborangah — and the third night reached 
Pakka, which he notes as more than 9000 ft. above the 
sea-level. They climbed to the summit, and St. John 
tried to climb the north-western peak, but failed to reach 
the top of it. The highest of them all, now known as 
Low’s Peak, appears to have escaped his notice. Accord¬ 
ing to the “ Merlin ” party, it is just five feet higher than 
any other; and so the fact of its being the highest is not 
obvious from the great plateau below. It is not so striking 
as Victoria Peak or St. John’s Peak, as the plateau slopes 
easily up to within a few feet of the top. 
The two travellers were overtaken by a heavy squall of 
hail and wind, the thermometer falling to forty-three 
degrees at 2 p.m., and their descent to Pakka Cave was 
fraught with considerable danger. An accident to the 
barometer and boiling-point thermometers prevented their 
taking the height of the summit plateau. The descent to 
Kiau occupied two days. 
Mr. Low had made a large collection of plants which 
they wanted to get to the coast as quickly as possible. 
They accordingly settled up at Kiau, leaving the village on 
the friendliest terms, passed the night at Koung, and con¬ 
tinued next day, via Bungol, straight through to Kalawat 
■—a very long day’s journey. The following day they 
passed Sinilu and reached Bawang, where cholera was 
rampant. The next day they reached Gantisan, and St. 
John remarks that Signor Cuarteron, the Spanish mis¬ 
sionary, came to visit them. Bad weather prevented their 
sailing across to Labuan for several days. 
The plants were described by Sir Joseph Hooker in the 
Transactions of the Linnean Society , 1860. 
1873. Bolletino della Societa Geogr. Italiana » 1874. 
“ Un esplorazione in Borneo.” By F. Giordano. 
Cosmos di Guido Cora. 1875-C. Vol. iii. “ Note di un 
viaggio a Borneo.” By Giacome Bove. 
Posewitz * states that these two travellers visited the 
north coast of Borneo in the Italian warship ‘ Governolo ’ 
in 1873. Their route seems to have been from Gantisan 
to Tuaran, and thence through Sinilau, Kalawat, Bungol, 
and Koung. I have not seen these accounts, but Posewitz 
* Borneo: its Geological and Mineral Resources. By T. Posewitz. 
Pp. 62-8. 1892. 
