SOCIETY OP THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. 149 



THE NATIVES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



By GEORGE Mom, M.B.C.V.S., Government Veterinary Surgeon, Perak, 



Federated Malay States. 



(Eead 12th May, 1906.) 



The Malay Peninsula is a narrow strip of land, lying between the 

 Straits of Malacca on the west, and the China Sea on the east. It 

 consists of part of the colony of the Straits Settlements, viz., Provence 

 Wellesley, the Bindings and Malacca, the Federated Malay States 

 of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilon and Pahang, all under British 

 protection ; Kedah, Reman, Patani, Kalantan and Trengganu, allied 

 to Siam ; and the independent native State of J chore. 



Penang is an island lying about two miles to the west of the coast 

 of Provence Wellesley, and Singapore is an island separated from the 

 extreme southern point of the Peninsula by a comparatively narrow 

 channel. 



Penang, Malacca, Singapore, Provence Wellesley and the Din- 

 dings form the colony of the Straits Settlements. 



A range of mountains runs throughout the entire length of the 

 Peninsula, separating Pahang from the other three Federated States ; 

 the highest mountains ranging from 3,000 to 7,000 feet above sea- 

 level. To the east and west of this mountain-range are vast alluvial 

 plains, well watered, and covered with dense forest or jungle, only 

 patches of which are as yet cultivated. 



The positions of the different Federated States are as follows : 

 Perak lies on the western side of the Peninsula between Provence 

 Wellesley and Kedah on the north, and Selangor on the south. 

 Selangor lies between Perak on the north, and Negri Sembilan on the 



