The cry of a lur-^' Geek.) was liVjinnfl) \mw\ \u tlii> fon-»t. 



Pulau Lantinga lies five miles west of Great l^'dunj;; it \h a mil,, uud 

 a lialf loug and about half a mile broad ; its summit is .'.2U fn-t hij,'h 

 and is topped hy a flnmp of big trees. To s.-award tl... i-uiiht in v.-rv 

 rocky Imt on the west sid<' thei-e is a stretch of flat laud iilai»t*.-<i wifi, 

 cocopalms and a sand ])each divide<l l)y a r(x-ky headland ed^'.-K tliiji 

 little plain. The better anchorage is off tlie north.-ni Htr.-t<'h ..f H;iiid 

 but the other has the better water— a little watprfall ainoii-ht r.-kv 

 There were no inhabitants, but two or three ruined Iiouw-h and hIkmIh 

 stood amongst the palms. The only mammals .seen were an intt-n-Htinj,' 

 squirrel, Schirus {vittatus) tvafsoni, of which a series was obtaiiiHl. 

 together with a single LesstM- Flying-Fox (Ptr,:>j,,iH liiii>omi'ht»»» 

 Jt'/iiJux). 



The only birds ol)served were : 



1. Tringoides hypoleviciis (Linn.). I 3. Orthotomus ii'ri^uhiriM 



2. Ardea sumatrana, Eaffles. I (Temm.). 



4. Cyrtostoma pectoralis (Horsf.). 



Of reptiles, Mahnia wvUifnurhilo w:i< .ibt:iin.-d .t..! ('.,], i,^ 

 cvistatellus was seen. 



The last islands of any im]>iirtance in the Trenggauu Arrlii|jflii^'o 

 are the Perhentians whicli lie nine mile.s N.-W. h. W. fn>ni Puluu 

 Lantinga and the same distance from the coast. Both islands. »hii-h 

 are separated from each other by a strait of water with a least width »»f 

 half a mile, are approximately two and a (juarter ntiles long, uud iln» 

 eastern, which is twice the area of the other, has a luvadtli of one and 

 three-quarter miles; it is. however, almost sixtv ftW less in altitude. 

 being 1,135 feet hig]>. 



West Perhentian is vtoy .sterile: there is praotirally no fore«t nnd 

 the island possesses a somewhat unusual apiK-arame tlirouirh U-invc 

 largely covered Avith dense stretehes oi wild Imnunu. TIu' Hlum' 

 bordering the strait has been planted with ctx-oiMihns when-v.-r 

 suitable and a fair-sized villa-e is situat.-d at tli.- soutli-eastem \Hnnt 

 of the island. 



East Perhentian is uninliabited. though of a mon- inviting api^'ar- 

 auce than the other; more forest and less banana growth is to !■• -■■ ; 

 From the centre of its western shoi-e a ridge of r^nks stn.'tohi.s -v :. • 

 distance into the strait which, south .^f this point, is narrow. DcTontJ. 

 the channel widens, and tlie sh.n-t of water lyinc U'tw.«..n tli.- ' 

 islands affords excellent anchonig.' during the S.-W. n.on^H.n h" 

 the south-westeni portion of tlie island and opponito the villiiui- on N^ 

 Perhentian are sand-beaches and a certain amoiuit of flat lan<l « ' 

 has been planted with eoeopalms. and then- aiv cvoi^lnw in flh- >■ 

 on the southoni shoro. bul to the n..rHi the island i« rxK-ky wilh M.-.-|. 

 slo|ies. 



