Baker, 'Visit to the Temiar Settlements in S Blatop and S Ber

7/28/2019 Baker, 'Visit to the Temiar Settlements in S Blatop and S Ber'

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An An:ounl of II Journey frona th e Ca nll'ron Highland llto the East Coast Railway lind of a vllli l tothe Temiar Setllements in the

YalleYIIof the SUngai BlalOp and S. Der.

By A. C. Ih .. u., MC.S.{Pute X\'I-XVlIIl .

The South wt corner of ];Iu Kdanun hetnm the RailWllYand ~ Cameroll HighlaDds baa, till ,try rKt'ntly, bn ( l i l t ofthe few remainin, blanle. !lJ'llOI'S on the map of M a l a . ~ " l I . Lib allblank :IJlI.ct! on the map, Ihis ar"'" Ms e.dted " htahhy c t l r i ~ l yand has, within tbe last few yean, betn v i ~ t e d by ~ r a u a,-elkn

Mr. &lIam)' 8rown plS:;ttl from the Telum Val"'y in Pa ....ns:dU1fll the Sungai ~ l e r i n 1 : to To' Jagor'! Ladang al the junction "Ithe Sungai Brok and the Sungai CherU5. MT E d ~ H a y t t r , inthe course of a very strenuous erpedition,


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PLATE XVI.

J(>(!MSAL MALAYAN IlIlANCIt. f(OYAI. A ~ A T I C Soc. \(>l.. XI. 19.1:I.

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\n ACCI.>IUI\ 0( II JOIl"'I'Y !wm the ('mile.!)" H i J ! h l m d ~ , lS9~ I r . Cow!.ngs OISlale 10 within a couple of milr$ of l i lt f'ahang-t\elllJlUn borde., and that a preliminary invt'9tigation of a possibioeacceM route from the Cia. M!6IIng RlIil",ay Sta(OQ to tl>e CameronHighland! luaU $)fflttnl m i ~ h t I>e of iu\e.esl.With l h i ~ obJ

The 161h and I7lh September ~ ~ t in o r g : l n i 5 i n ~ theparty a n ~ in climbing tI"kil Tljam (S24O'J, From tM ~ u m m iof Buldl Tajarn ~ were Ib le 10 lake I number of obser,alion:lcoveting 1100t of the principal ita tureJ 01 the p ~ route which-..&5 spreMI oul before u,. T(I!,he north-east die wide 800 fairlylevel v a n ~ y of the lmngai Blatop ,,;!h numtf(lu! Slui Iadangs$ho . nll &5 " mOlt vivid " , , ~ n on tht!1ope!.. To the 111) ' 111 thei!oIattd lngtive r a n g ~"hich from thi! distance looked much m o ~ \'as)' of a ~ thanit 'KaI ultimately found 10 be. 1'ht v.allt)'1l of tbe TIer and Broil."1!re h ; ~ n by inte"'ening ran!ll!5, but Bukil Ayam a long leo.ttridge, .hQ\O'e

On th 18111 we -...ere awakened before dawn by a "'rang


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290 .\ , C. B a k ~ rContinuing dmrn the 1 ~ 1 J 1 l the gol nll became n.ther diffICUlt;we wadtd th rough detp pool, and ~ r a m b l M down ~ t e e v and sl ippery

~ \ Q p o : lucki1y lite ....ater . .as dear and 1.>ri$ht suo1iltht f>1teredthrough the o \ ' ~ r h a n t : : i l l . ' i br.mchts.About noon We lefl thr bed of the stream ami CUI throughII. ,erie!! of ahandnnl.'d Tern;a' lalianll!', mlher hl!avy goill'; throughlan,1td undergrowth. but our T . rniar carn= w . bIonl onfora!!;ng expeditiOll and kepI T!'-a[lpearing II'!)m all side!! wilh la pioaroolS and SII)I:U caM'!!. \ \e noticed II. good deal 01 serious damage\0 bamboo clUmp!! rmck by the bamboo 'a li I d t k a ~ , ) and foundthe burrows III Ihis .ninlll Mil t'Overe.1 WiLh dry -lea"", '-1'1'}' tlUy10 trip o\'e .We reached KU3la Hlatop at about 4 p.m. anrl camped ontht rh .... bank (2100'l_ Thf!l' is a I a r ~ e T"",Ll. ladang thr ..under Ihe hl'.lldship of l'e"Rbl/lu ;\lenRkuda ... ith fClU' long t w ~and aOOut JO acres of mind cultivation, mainly tapioca and maiat'"illl small pl(lls of $uprttnc and IObacco rPlate XVI) . A h h o ~ g hlh. l'filghulu was with Uil his I > " O P l ~ we, "pry shy and ran andhid at oor approach; a Ie.... Kits 101M holder small boys 500lIhro\ij{hl Ihem round and we had all 1M Mlp wr. r . ~ e d in buildinga very rool lor tubJe eamp. An interested party Iollowro U5 ,,'h ...' ' ' f went IOf .n tvtll;nl! >wim in tiM' ri''t'f. TIlt Temiars, l x , " ~ hthey a v ~ mainly by r;.-tr and are very . k d ~ e d in l a k l n ~ raltso ~ da"l':l'I'OlIl rapid are \ ~ 'l.On I ... 191h we Sl:1 OUI for what wrrwd ou t to br the h I I r d ~ tdaY'1 journty 01 the whole trip. We followed Ihe north lwIk ofthe Sunga; arok do. .n strt ': lm for abolll D mile and liM'n climbedup along the f ~ (){ an t l I ~ ; n ~ l y 5 t ~ r i d ~ e p : a i n i M ~ h tpainfully. till -.re reached a pass al a hti/l:ht of HSO'. From thepa!O!I " 'e loll" .ed an easy elephant lrack along Ibt r i ~ and thendeicl'ndcd stl't'ply 10 the Sungal TerMllh whue we res ted at ar.malf la,t"ng, Artpr aoolher st,,.re dimb we ~ 1m- GUllO..,Smjon r a ~ UI the elUl of the summit and after a steql decenlO'o'u broken K'ound rt':Icbe


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PLATE XVII.

J(lUR"AL MAL.W..,I BUNCH. !lOYAL AStATIC SOC. \'OL. X I . 1003.

Teml . c Raft>.ma n.


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An A o c o u ~ of a Journey from the Camo:ron Highlands. 291Next day ....e bo l h fnun

( ' b ; ~ l n e n played about makinl\: small ralts and tllking IMmoo ...n the s ~ l I 1 1 o , , ' ntpid. and we noticed one boy with _ beautifullyfini$hed and baland Jigla C I l ~ t i n l ! rod made from a ! o i n ~ 1 e niboNfrib with I Ii"" m a d ~ from the jeri,lnC fibre aDd rings of platedrotan. Theil: "lIS no red .nd the !!pIre line was wound on IoepMlIte di!l:.19.1Jl H.()y


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1 . ' ~ I!"Vt"1lIf1 ""1$ gi""" OVtf 10 wng and ~ M I < ' $ S talk, I h ~Temiar In/Iy be primil i,,, but will! bim li fe il certainly 001 "!U.5ly,b r u t ~ and tJ>orL.,

On 2bt September we fIl.ldr; an early .tart and had a falrlyItrCllUOI$ t i m ~ ;rorking OUt u y down the ,'alley 01 tbe Her partly....ading do .." lbl- lMnlt' ",'b..;b va l at li!Jlel .",k. . 1rdly dffp aoo.po.rdy through a ~ o c c e 5 ! l i o n of Tenlia. l a d a n ~ W" camped al 1Mju nction of the B ~ and tile Brok near P ~ n g h u l u Dalam's iadan,ll:.

~ e r t morning the Und we .. t with ~ h u l u To ' J ! I . ~ andhis people who had come 10 m ~ us and afU!r a few more miltsnl river scrambling we reached. !land bank wl>cre light ban\OOOrailS "ll'trt bujlt lor tlu: nut ,age of our journey.I can rtcollect few mere utterly blin lul bou than tile rest"f that aiU!rno.. th him .nd one older woman tall and stalely with a II'tat natural

Sll'DSe of dignity \Ii'ho looks after the IoDg house in his absellCt.T h ~ long hOllM: holds at It.ll.!lt 100 people grouped in family part ie!!round Iht fire places, Thtre are no partitions and necessity SII'em510 bue produced a very high seme of lloIIesty and moralil}".

We 110" began to feel that our stores _uld be suffodcnt forthe rest of the journey and decided to give a party: ~ 1 1G.,rrled the J!OOd new! and gutru. ClIme in f1"


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PLATE XVII I.


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\n Acruullt or a ( l U r n p ~ from tho> C a , , ~ r o n H i l ' l h b n d ~ . 103""" ...np of rice, ten enormous lins of 110 a.llcd s,udiroa, quanti l invi tobacC 00 . . tbey danced wben she """ young and in tbe dig"i!)' :.nddt


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2Q4journey. II tmiflC thundtr storm broke bdon' . .e had time 10build any sMlter: all .. nl Ihron!(h, but !lO laru W ~ rould judge tMre wen' fair ~ t a n d s 01 "'"1111/;, mcrb


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\n Acoounl of :I }urney (rom the C a m ~ r o n lIishland!. 195t!'tn, clumP'> \If bambovs ....ere abu!I!bnl every where, Woe wereglad ti l r,nd " fair numll4'r of the "K( tu l a l u n ~ u.., rivtr banks,a t rN ' which is btin/! carefully p ~ , ; e " v ! ' d in thi;, State & ils .()OUIprotect the riH' banh from erosicm and deep .\hade k.-eps hadt J ~ m and un the Cameron Highlands area and ....ould Kwear t\l be ~ u i l e dt( l the same 1}lJt' of agriluhure_ I t ;1. wide ,';1.I\('y "ith ,,,'aUareas of !lal land, bul in no """se a plateau and an}- a(lplicant5for land In t h i ~ area will M\e 10 ~ tu mfet "jlh Ihe u ~

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Baker, 'Visit to the Temiar Settlements in S Blatop and S Ber