house, and the smell which rises is anything but
pleasant.
Till.
Jan. 3rd.—We procured some fresh men from the
Dusuns, and started for Kudat in the pouring rain at
eight o’clock. The direction was N.E. to E.N.E., and
the whole way through dense jungle. The Dusuns
quite missed their way many times, and no wonder, as
days of rain had converted all the valleys into swamps,
in which we waded up to our waists, through wet
undergrowth and amid pouring rain. The thorns and
the spines in the jungle caught my clothes, and I even
felt the weight of my pistol and my gun was a
dreadful nuisance. We struck the coast at a point
about seven miles south of the extreme point of Sam-
panmangio at 1.30, and arrived at Kudat at 3.30, tired
out, wet through, covered, with mud, lank and hungry.
Jan. 4th and 5th.—I remained at Kudat preparing
for my trip round Marudu Bay. While staying here I
found a very rich ironstone in the hill from where the
Kudat workmen get their drinking-water—I should
think fifty to sixty per cent, of iron, or even more. If
coal is discovered in the bay, this may at some future
date be worth working. I t is at all events worth
noting. The ore is a hard dark O oxide of iron,' and
occurs in the tertiary sandstone.
Ja'n. 6th.—We left Kudat at 9.30 in the Sarawak
prahu from Abai, en route for Tertipan, in the extreme
S.S.E. of Marudu Bay. There the natives say there
is good coal. After a brisk sail over the green waters
of the bay, we arrived at Sheriff AJi’s Kampong at the
mouth of the Tertipan River. The Sheriff did not
treat us with any show of ' friendship, and asked me
what I wanted and where I was going.' I explained
that I required guides to go up to the source of the
Tertipan River, as I had learned there was coal there.
The Sheriff asked me what the Company would give
him as .compensation if they worked minerals in his
country. I evaded this by saying I would like to see
whether the mineral in question was any good or
not, and so Sheriff Ali agreed to wait my inspection
THE ENTERPRISE IN ABAI HARBOUR.
(Drawn by Helen E . Hatton. From a sketch by Col. Harington.)
before he fixed the amount he would require. Altogether
I don’t think Sheriff Ali is a great friend of the
Company.
Jan. 7th.—I started away early in the morning with
some native guides, and three of my own men, to the
source of the Tertipan River. After about two hours’
walking along a cattle-track we arrived at the foot of
the hill where the river rises. This hill is about 700 feet
high, and there is a capital section exposed at the stream.
The Tertipan River rises near the top and rushes