Rhododendrons--Cave--Unskilful Use of the Blow-pipe--Cold--Ascent to the Summit--Granite Face--Low’s Gully--Noble Terrace--Southern Peak--Effect of the Air--The Craggy Summit--Distant Mountain--Dangerous Slopes--Ghostly Inhabitants--Mist--Superstitions--Collecting Plants--Descent--Noble Landscape--Difficult Path--Exhaustion--Mr. Low not Recovered--Disagreeable Villagers--Recovering the Brass Wire--Clothing--Distrust--A lively Scene--Our Men behave well--Return on Rafts to the Datu’s House 230 CHAPTER IX. SECOND ASCENT OF KINA BALU. Cholera in Brunei--Start from Labuan--Coal Seams--View of Tanjong Kubong--Method of working the Coal--Red Land--Method of cultivating Pepper--Wild Cattle--The Pinnace--Kimanis Bay--Inland Passage--Kimanis River--Cassia--Trade in it stopped--Smooth River--My first View of Kina Balu--Story of the Death of Pangeran Usup--Anchor--Papar--A Squall--Reach Gaya Bay--Noble Harbour--Pangeran Madoud--My first Visits to him--Method of making Salt--Village of Menggatal--Ida’an--His Fear of them--Roman Catholic Mission--Cholera--Mengkabong--Manilla Captives--The Salt-water Lake--Head-quarters of the Bajus--Their Enterprise--Find Stranded Vessels--Tripod Masts--Balignini Pirates--Their Haunts--Spanish Attack--Great Slaughter--Savage-looking Men--Great Tree--Unreasoning Retaliation--Energy of M. Cuarteron--Lawlessness of the Bajus--Pangeran Duroup, the Governor--Anecdote of a drifting Canoe--Inhospitable Custom--Origin of the Bajus--Welcome by Pangeran Sirail--Love of Whiskey overcomes Prejudice--Night Weeping--A Market--The Datu of Tamparuli--The Pangeran’s Enthusiasm--Path to the Tawaran--Fine Scene--Fruit Groves--Neat Gardens--The Tawaran--Sacred Jars--The Talking Jar--Attempted Explanation--Efficacy of the Water--Carletti’s Account--Fabulous Value--The Loveliest Girl in Borneo--No Rice--Advance to Bawang--Our Guides--Steep Hill--Extensive View--Si Nilau--Unceremonious Entry into a House--The Nilau Tribe--Kalawat Village--Tiring Walk--Desertion of a Negro--Numerous Villages--Bungol Village Large--Deceived by the Guide--Fatiguing Walk--Koung Village--Black Mail--Explanation--Friendly Relations established--Labang Labang Village--Change of Treatment--Kiau Village--Warm Reception--Houses--No Rice--Confidence 280 CHAPTER X. SECOND ASCENT OF KINA BALU--_Continued_.