The only reptiles seen uiid i.l.tuiii.Ml u.-iv C>tlni.„ ,,,./„/,//„. ,.,,i 

 Mabtila mvlfi/asciata : lioth thest- wt-iv couniioii. 



Great Redang lies eight mik-s N. h. W. IVum h,iilr lU.l.Ui^^ .i •, *ii 

 island of fair size, having a greatest l.-ngth of f.,ur nul.-H iiiid a l,p,..lth 

 of three miles. Its height is 1,13!» fc-t, and then- an- w-vt-nil miull uiHa 

 and roeks to the south and east; uf tlifso, the larg»-»t in Piilaii Piiuui({ 

 which fronts the entrance of a triangvdar l«iy on thi' Hoiitli nuU- in 

 which coasting steamers not infrc<iufntly find t»'in|M)r.irv n-fu-.- in th» 

 strength of the monsoon. Pulau l*iiiang is rocky to -•-.miinl tknd « 

 ridge of rocks extends from it into the southern j»il^«4(l• leading into 

 the bay, but the shore facing Great Redang is sandy, and on thiit »id«' U 

 a fair-sized village whose occupants arc mainly engage*! in fKiluin;. 

 The northern extremity of Great Redang is nnky and i» covep'*! with 

 poor jungle but the north-eastern side of the i.sland i.s htill nion* for- 

 bidding and sterile. In the centre of this face lien u Iwy ahout half 

 a mile square with a l»road sandy l>each a<-rosH its lieaid and it* »i(J«i» 

 bordered by low cliffs topped witli stunted vegetation. Th«- Uiy ifitt-* 

 quiet anchorage for half the year and a little fishing liy nwunjt of 

 seine nets is done, but in the noi'th-east monsoon the l»rwiker» on thi* 

 beacdi are said to l^e very violent. The two bays in«-ntioned an* joined 

 by a flat valley about half a mile wide and two long wliieli •hviil»-« llw 

 higher portions of the island into two pails: the southern {xirtiiiu 

 of this flat area is entirely tilled with mangroveK with a Mnuill ri«i-r 

 running down its centre ; this stream at low tide has only a foot of watfr 

 at the mouth which is obstructed with ..n-al. Jnit gnniter depth within. 

 and many turtles {Chehme mi/ifas) inhabit it. iieyond the head-»-.it.Ti 

 the land rises slightly and is occupied fiy plantations, tlieii foHow. • 

 wet swampy area which, .save for a few rice fieldH. ix overvTown by 

 rushes, and beyond lies ground ocupied by a villagi' of ft m-op' or moiv 

 houses surrounded liy fruit trees, bananas, tapi-x-a and nuiiw gr*>«injr 

 on clearings made on the hill slojx-s. A few <attle wen- ^^-n IW- 

 tween the village and the northern bay exist;. kaiu|M.ui; hind duti.'d 

 with pools of water and marshy sjMits. The whole ralley ha« hrm 

 cleared at one time, but is now eitlier iimh-r cultivation or cown-l *ilh 

 lalang, scrub or short turf: the soil is p.n.r. The fon-^t .oM-nuK' ibc 

 hills is at l.est thin and inferior, at the wor>t. when- the »Io|r^ .-uu.irt 

 of little but rocks and boulders, it is a low den.H«» iH-nib. 

 The mammals of the Great Kedang group are an follow. 



1. Macaca foxiirnhirix <ir,jei,linu',Hlnii. The " Km ' uionkpt I. 



conuuon on >H)th (^mit Kedang and Pulau Pin*ng 

 ■2. Tu^KUo (fernnjimui) .,h,r„r,<. Thin forui «.f Tn^'Shr. 



fairlv conniiou. 

 8. Croci^oru .nojor. Tl.nv only -.1 theM- m.u*II Mu.k^h,v-. 



were taken though oth.>r« were l^th h^vu »nd hmri ua 



several occasions duriii:; the da v tune 

 4. Ptero.wx fnjpnnielunu^ hpi'U'. Milkr. Tin- Lr«*r Fl?iiV 



Fox was seen many time** It i^ uot gwpinoiu and •*• 



