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writes that after the first day’s march from Koung 1800 
metres had been ascended (2700 metres according to 
Giordano). “ Here, on account of bad weather, they were 
obliged to turn back, and reached the coast by the same 
way as they had come.” 
Burbidge probably refers to these two travellers when 
he writes : “ Some years later—I believe in 1866—an 
Italian expedition came here for natural history purposes, 
and the Dusun account is that they ascended 6000 ft. 
This expedition, according to native accounts, paid twice 
as much as was necessary—a precedent which gives these 
hill villagers an excuse for extortion.” (Gardens of the 
Sun, p. 269.) 
1877. Gardens of the Sun; or a Naturalist's Journal on 
the Mountains and in the Forests and Sivamps of Borneo 
and the Sulu Archipelago. 1880. By F. W. Burbidge. 
[Chapters v., xiii., and xiv. are devoted to an account of 
Mr. Burbidge’s two expeditions to the mountain.] 
Accompanied by Mr. P. C. M. Yeitch, two bird-hunters 
(in the employ of Mr. W. H. Treacher), and twenty-six 
men, Burbidge left Labuan on November 29th, 1877; their 
small steamer landed them at Gantisan next day. After 
the usual trouble of obtaining coolies they reached Meng- 
kabong the following day, and the village of Tamparuli, 
on the Tuaran river, the day after. From here they 
pushed on to Bawang, where they slept the night. The 
following day they set out for Sinilu, but missed the way, 
and ended up in a Dusun house on the site of some lately 
deserted village. The next day they reached Kalawat, and 
after a rest proceeded on to Bungol, where they slept the 
night. The journey from here to Kiau, via Koung, was 
accomplished on the following day. Burbidge notes that 
they “ met a large party of natives laden with baskets of 
tobacco and a little beeswax going on a trading expedition. 
There were some women among them, who, of course, 
carried the heaviest loads. . . . They showed no surprise 
at seeing us, and passed on apparently unconcerned as to 
our object.” I quote this passage as it describes exactly a 
little party of Dusuns I met on my expedition thirty-six 
years after Burbidge. 
After a day at Kiau they commenced the ascent, accom¬ 
panied by eight Dusuns of Kiau and sixteen of their own 
followers. Bain prevented them making a long journey, 
and they slept beneath a large overhanging rock (possibly 
