stopped to cook. At 10.10 got away again from the
Dusun (Tambanor) house, where two coffins were set
out. In these the dead remain for one or two years
sealed up. D. N. 10° E. At 10.15, 300° (N .I .) . Rate,
one mile per hour. . . . Many landslips of ferruginous
sandstone, which weathers black; vertical strata.
At 4.15, 130° (S.). At 4.20, 240°, and stopped and
slept. On a carangan for the first time on the Kinaba-
tangan. Pebbles of ferruginous sandstone and quartz.
Jan. 31st. — G-ot away on our last day’s journey at
7.20, D. 200° (S.W.). . Pace, one mile per hour, and
opened a.fresh bag of rice. . . . At 1.40 arrived at
Pinungah. Jabit twenty-three days. Spent curious
night at Pinungah with Ward, who is staying here.
Elevation to-day, 110 feet.
Feb. 1st.—Rain in torrents. From Tungara. Below
Lukan, Lamag, Lamad. . . . Longbilang on the Segama
there is gold} On the Segama.----------Namut
Bolud from the mouth seven days. [There are three
blanks in this entry of Feb. 1st, as if the names of
places, &c., were only set down for private guidance.]
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4 Mr. Crocker, the Company’s manager in London, writes On
comparing Frank’s diary with the map which shows the route of Mr.
"Walker, who has since discovered gold in the Segama, I find that
Frank tried to cross into the Segama higher up than the point on
Walker’s map. Consequently the tributary Longbilang mentioned by
Frank as containing gold is above the Sanguie Belang tributary where
Mr. Walker has found it. There is every reason to believe that gold
will he found higher up,-and it is sad to think that had it not been
for the swamp (see pages 277, 278) Frank would have got across
■ country and made the discovery early in 1883, in the district noted in
his diary-note of Feb. 1st.” The diary has, however, been valuable
as a guide to the succeeding pioneers ; and, being forewarned by its
useful pages, Mr. Walker (a clever young officer) was of course wise
enough to avoid the swamp which Frank and his expeditionary corps
of natives made heroic efforts to cross.
Feb. 2nd.—At 7.20 started up tiie Pinungah River.
D. S. 180°. . . . The bead of the Segama not far from
the coast. At 8.87, 260° (W.). At 8.40,280° (N.W.).
At 8.45,160° (S.E.). Hewitt coal. Ferruginoussand-
stone. At 12:5, 110° (S.E.). At 12.8, 250° (S.W.).
Vertical strata; on the river ferruginous sandstone.
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Feb. 3rd.—At 7.30 got away and left Ward. At
7.30, 200° (S.W.). . . . At 9.0,160° (S.E.). At 9.30
found coal-boulders in the stream, and stopped for
lunch; also piece in situ sandstone. Curious metallic
slime—2 Fe. On the right bank (left bank) coal
cropping up in small seams,- one-half to one foot wide,
landslip sandstone. On the left bank (right bank),
•about 300 yards below the outcrop on the opposite
bank, coal also. Outcrop only in isolated pockets in
fire-clay. Outcrop N. and S., almost. Mandore having
forgotten the picks, had to send prahu out to get
them, as well as rice.
Enormous deposits of feoric hydrate in the water,
indicating large quantities of iron below. Means at
disposal not sufficient to enable me to bore, and surface
outcrops are all I can go by.
220° and 40°, N.E. and S.W., line of dip of strata on
right bank. Angle of dip 42° (N.E. and S.W.).
On right bank (left bank). Direction of dip, 260°
and 80° (i.e. W.S.W. and E.N.E.).
Numerous tracks of wild cattle, deer, and pigs,'the
sounds of jungle' fowl, and the feathers of Argus
pheasants were frequent.
• Bar. 29.8. Elevation to-day about ninety-five feet.
At 1.15 left our hut, and travelling along line of
dip of strata 260° (W.S.W.) to find an outcrop of
coal. All the way through dense forests, with tracks