160 ACCOUNT OF EXPEDITIONS TO MT. KINABALU. 
another large overhanging rock, which was evidently 
Lobong,* the altitude being noted as 4140 ft. 
Owing to lack of time all idea of any further ascent had 
to be given up, so two days were spent in collecting at this 
spot, and then the descent was commenced on March 25th. 
Another day was allowed for collecting at Minitindok, after 
which the expedition proceeded to Kiau, leaving again next 
day, March 28th, for the return journey to the coast. The 
same route was followed, nights being passed at Koung, 
the river Menternan, Bungol, Kalawat, Kappak, and 
Panjut. At Kalawat they met Mr. H. T. Burls, an oil- 
prospector, on his way to Kinabalu. On April 4th Dr. 
Hanitsch left Panjut, and after sundry delays reached Gaya 
on the 9th, Labuan next day, and Singapore on the 14th, 
after an absence of six weeks exactly. 
His collections included the following species new to 
science : Two snakes, one lizard, one frog, one freshwater 
fish, and one crab. Considering the very short time spent 
in collecting, these results form an interesting indication 
of what might be done on a longer visit. 
1899. The Geographical Journal. Yol. xiv. No. 2. 
August, 1899. Pp. 207, 208. “ Observations on Mount 
Kinabalu.” Mr. H. T. Burls sends an account of his 
ascent to the Royal Geographical Society. 
The following points of interest may be taken from this 
account:— 
“ Mr. Burls . . . succeeded in reaching a point where 
the boiling-point thermometer read 191°*9 at an air- 
temperature of 49°, giving an altitude of 11,648 ft. The 
distance to the summit he estimated at only 400 ft., which 
would give the total height of the mountain as 12,048 ft.” 
A bottle containing the name of this traveller was found 
on the summit of one of the peaks some eleven years later 
by Mr. D. R. Maxwell, in which case the following passage 
is worthy of remark: “ The upper 1200 ft. was a surface 
of bare rock so steep that it was impossible to walk on it 
with boots, and, being unprovided with any substitutes, 
Mr. Burls was obliged to give in after covering two-thirds 
of the distance, but his Chinese servant and four Dusun 
carriers completed the ascent.” 
The lowest temperature recorded was forty-four degrees 
at 10,860 ft. on the night of April 13th, presumably in 
* Sumpot, the chief of Kiau, remembered Dr. Hanitsch’s ascent, and 
informed me that his expedition camped here. 
