There is another sound, only heard in the oldest forest, and that is as if a mighty tree were rent in twain. I often asked the cause, and was assured it was the camphor tree splitting asunder, on account of the accumulation of camphor in some particular part--an explanation which was not satisfactory. During heavy squalls we have often been put in fear by the crash of falling timber; but our men were very particular in not pitching the tents near half-rotten trees. The Argus pheasant is found in many places we have passed during this expedition, and occasionally in the jungle we have come across open spots strewed with the feathers of the cock bird, where two have been struggling for mastery. It would appear as if they always chose the same spots for their fights, as the ground was free from grass and brushwood, and was beaten hard. CHAPTER VII. MY LIMBANG JOURNAL--_Concluded_. Stopped for a Day--Five start for Provisions--The Sick Men left behind join us--No Shoes--Weakness from want of Food--Leeches--Stop again--Collect Food--Anecdote of Female Orang Utan and Murut--Again construct Rafts--Present of a Cup full of Rice--Start on the Rafts--Abandon them--A Bear--The River--Immense Pebbly Flats--Long Walks--Traces of the Advance Party--Wild Fruit--Sour Oranges--Recognize a Hill--Fruit of the Jintawan, or Indian-rubber Plant--Find Remains of Bees’-nest--The British Flag--Reach the Madihit--Bad Conduct of the Advance Party--Food nearly all consumed--An unfeeling Father--Proposed Punishment--Ravages of the Bears--Anecdote of Ahtan--Return in the Boats--The Herd of Wild Cattle--Wound a Bull, but do not get it--A slight Supper--Start in a Sampir--Ahtan ill--The last of the Food--News from Brunei--Reach the Town--Arrival of the rest of the Party--Bornean Travelling--Measure Distance by Fatigue--Slow Progress necessary--Active Murut--Average Rate of Advance--Great Mistakes made in the Estimates of Distance--Instances--Mr. Motley’s Account of his Advance up the Limbang--Mr. De Crespigny’s Mistake in the Latitude of the River Damit and Position of the Mountain of Molu--Remarks on the Map--Causes of the continued Health of my Followers--The Tents--Mistake in trusting to Native Huts--Native Geographical Information tested--Found correct--Arrival of the Orang Kaya Upit--Tragical Death of Pangeran Mokata, the Shabandar--Two Years after--Sad Fate of a Party of Adang Muruts--Murder by Orang Kaya Gomba--Head-hunting--Heads valued, but none seen--Incident of meeting Head-hunters--No Treacherous Designs--Inefficient Government--Desecration of the Graveyards--Chinese Secret Societies, or Hués--Ahtan joins one--Robbery of the Iron Chest from the Consulate--The Sultan’s Method of extorting a Confession--Obstinacy of Ahtan--Officers of the Secret Society--Chest restored--Prisoners