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. Whether there was a flood in the river or not, the beauty of the rocks and precipices in the wild forest could not be surpassed. We had to descend by a series of zigzags crossing the successive cascades on logs sometimes at a considerable height above the water. If ever the romance of a lovely view was destroyed by the perils of a journey, it was here. We bad to cross fifteen of these aerial bridges. Some were narrow and some were half rotten, and all were over cascades where the slightest slip was certain destruction. In the lower part of the stream we had to ford the water, which was just fordable and no more. I consider that it was quite wonderful that this part of our journey was accomplished without accident, which, however, was only effected by constant care and much delay. We arrived at Lady rest-house on the Kuâla Kangsa Road on the evening of the last day of the month the most of which had been spent in the jangle, and none the worse for our sojourn away from civilization, except in the innumerable leech-bites from which we all suffered.

J. E. TENISON-WOODS.

Note.—Amongst the fishes of the Kenas there was a small specimen of what I took to be Ophiocephalus micropeltes, but the species is doubtful. The barbel may have been B. kolus.

Since our journey, the mountain has been again ascended by Mr., the Government Botanist, who obtained a good collection of plants.