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ACCOUNT OF EXPEDITIONS TO MT. KINABALU. 
shorter route up the more northern spur which forms the 
right bank of the Kadamaian waterfall; the longer route 
followed by everyone else, with the possible exception of 
Low on his first ascent, leads one up the more southerly 
spur which forms the left bank of the Kadamaian. 
Burbidge and his companion left Kiau on August 19th, 
following the Tampassuk again back to the coast; they 
accomplished the journey in five days, sleeping the nights 
at Koung, Kambatuan, Sineroup, Ghinambor, and the 
house of Mr. Pretyman. Thence they sailed to Labuan, 
reaching that island on August 80th. 
Burbidge notes that this second journey occupied them 
thirty-one days from Labuan, and the first expedition 
twenty-three days. 
In an appendix to this book the author remarks that the 
main object of his journey eastward was “the collection 
and introduction of beautiful new plants to the Yeitchian 
Collection at Chelsea ” ; and in the summary of his results 
he considers that one of the most fortunate was the intro¬ 
duction alive of Nepenthes rajah * He also states that 
“ we were successful in finding all the large species of 
Nepenthes in one locality on the mountain for the first 
time.” 
Miss Gibbs comments on the fact that she saw no 
Nepenthes rajah , although she found the other three species. 
This accords with the observations of Low, St. John, 
Haviland and myself, t and led me to inquire if by chance 
these two travellers had followed some other route. I had 
hoped that Mr. Yeitch might have preserved some notes 
on his expedition which would clear up once and for all the 
doubts concerning the route followed by himself and 
Burbidge, but, unfortunately, Mr. Yeitch writes that his 
notes are now undecipherable owing to their having been 
wet in Borneo, and not cared for since. However, Mr. 
Yeitch very kindly writes a most interesting letter, which 
I venture to quote almost in full 
“ I should not have said that Nepenthes rajah was at any 
time found in exactly the same locality as N. edwardsiana , 
* Sir H. J. Veitch very kindly writes to me from the Royal Exotic Nur¬ 
sery, Chelsea, as follows: “ We never succeeded in cultivating very success¬ 
fully the Nepenthes from Mt. Kinabalu, and I believe the only living plant 
of N. rajah is in the Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin, Dublin, where Sir 
Frederick Moore has succeeded in growing it well. N. lowii does not exist 
in Europe so far as I am aware.” 
f I found this very unmistakable Nepenthes in the Marei Parei spur, 
where it was not uncommon. 
