country ; Kina Balu bearing 250° from the first village
in Bundo, which consisted only of three houses.
Crossing the Kaponakan for the first time, we arrived
at the third and la,st village in Bundo, which is some six
miles from Mituo, a distance we, performed in three
-hours.
All the Dusuns now, ever since we left Ghanaghana,
have behaved rather badly. They will tell any stories
to get an extra inch of cloth out of us. For instance,
the Lasas, Koligan, Mituo, and Bundo people say they
cannot take us to Moroli, as there is a disease there,
and they are afraid of catching it. I am sure we shall
find at Moroli that this is untrue. Again, last night
the Mituo people said we could see the lights of Bundo
from their house, and they pointed to some distant lights,
which 1 found afterwards were in a paddy hut of their
own, in which, for that night, some men were staying.
Leaving Bundo, our course lay along the Kaponakan,
which river we crossed five times; our direction
being N.IST.W. to N.W. From Moroli, at which place
we arrived at 2.20, we had a splendid view. On the
horizon Mentapok was distinctly visible, bearing 138°.
A high hill to the S.S.W. of Mentapok must beBolin-
kadus, the source of the Kagibangan in the L'obu
country.
We made nine miles in four and a half hours during
the day (April 17), and of course, as I expected, there
is no sickness at Moroli. On the following day we go
on to Munnus, which is about fourteen miles away.
Travelling over some hills, we struck the Telusib, the
Munnus river, which runs into the Kinoram. Arriving
at. Munnus we were not very well received ; I cannot
tell why. From Maoli to Munnus,about fourteen miles,
in six and a half hours ; main direction, N.W. Munnus :
houses, 4 ; men, 100; women, 102 ; headman, no one.
Munnus is situated at the foot of Tumboyonkon hill
on the left bank of the Telusil, between that and the
Kinoram River, which runs not far away. Here a
Dusun gave me a small piece of pyrites, which he said
he had found in the river. I ground it up and went
through some reactions for copper without result, except
that I used all the specimen up. I went to sleep
and thought no more about it.
April 19th.—Just as we were leaving, the man asked
for his stone back. I gave him some matches, and explained
that I had used all his stone up. He then
replied that if the stone was not forthcoming in seven
days he would take a head from the first of my people
he met with. I was nearly getting angry, but thought
better of it, and went away as quickly as possible.
This, however, only shows the spirit of the Munnus
Dusuns, who are the most churlish, ill-disposed tribe
I have yet seen. A tramp of six miles in a N.N.E.
direction brought us to Kinoram, and practically our
journey was over.
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Smith, who is ill, and nearly all the men (most of
them also ill), went on to Kudat. I stayed at Kinoram
until April 24th, getting material ready for making
a house.
Subsequently I went down to Bongon,8 and had a
s “ While Frank,Hatton was at Bongon,” writes Colonel Harington,
“ I and Mr. Gueritz, then the Assistant Resident at Kudat, went off
in the Kudat boat to visit the new station, where Frank had established
himself, in order that I could report on the stationing of a
police detachment there. Gueritz wished to have an interview with.