Field notes, v1753
Page 237
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Stebbins, R. 1963 Asian Trip Kuala Lumpur Feb. 6 In the afternoon we went to Medway's (Lord Medway) place on the Gombak River in the Gombak Forest Reserve, about 12 miles E of Kuala Lumpur. Only 5 or so miles out of town we got into wild country mixed with rubber plantations. The latter are arranged in contour rows and are in "fall" colors. Wells says there's not much wildlife there because of the heavy spraying. Dr. x Mrs. Dahlqvist and Wells accompanied us and provided transportation. We left the main highway, a two-lane paved road of excellent quality, and followed a two-wheel track down into a canyon in rainforest where we photographed a somewhat Europescized aboriginal family - parents and 5 children. The site was a few miles from Medway's place. The man collects birds for Medway's. The woman was weaving a mat and the man cutting bamboo to make a bed. The baby emulated his father by hacking at a sapling with an 8" knife, a rather terrifying plaything for a child around a year old. Their home was in the deep shade of dense jungle and was of plant materials and built on stilts.