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is about 15 miles long and 7 wide. It is very hilly, and its 

 liighest peakj one of a number, rises to 2446 feet. Wherever 

 possible the coastal area has been cleared and planted with 

 cocoa-nuts, rice, and vegetables ; there exists also a certain 

 amount of old cultivated land which has lapsed into scrub 

 or forms grazing fields for buti'alo. The strait which 

 separates it from the mainland is only four fathoms deep, 

 and the western entrance narrows to a breadth of three miles, 

 though, as much of the Chantal)un province is an alluvial 

 plain of recent formation, the island was once ranch more 

 isolated and probably stood in deeper water. It is northern- 

 most of the little archipelago. 



Koh''^ Kut (where a week was spent), 15 miles S.S.E. of 

 this and about 18 miles from the land to the eastwards, is 

 the southern island of the group and stands just within the 

 ten-fathom contour line ; it is some 13 miles long by 5 wide, 

 elevated, and has a peak of 1171 feet. It is uninhabited, 

 but swarms with ticks, which made our week's sojourn on it 

 a most uncomfortable experience, and is covered with forest 

 to the water^s edge, as are the islands between it and Koh 

 Chang, with the exception of Koh Mak, which is about 

 4 miles long; this is low, and is being turned into a cocoa- 

 nut plantation. 



The remaining five islands visited, none of them more 

 than a couple of miles in length, are all hilly and, other 

 than Koh Rang, which is the most seaward of the group and 

 stands in 12 or 13 fathoms of water, rise from depths of 

 four to eight fathoms only. Only a day or two was given 

 to each of these. 



On the mainland, Lem Ngop lies within the Koh Chang 

 strait and Ok Yam (or Jam) is eastward of the centre of 

 Koh Kut; it is just within French territory, as the present 

 boundary between Siam and Cambodia comes out on the 

 coast half a mile to the west of it. Klong Yai and Klong 

 Menao are places to the north of Ok Yam. 



* Ko, Koh, Kaw ( Siamese) = Island. 



