586 THE PLACES VISITED BY THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." [DeC. 3, 



Chief river : the Kelantan. 



Tributaries of the Kelantan : the Pergau (the village at con- 

 fluence Vv'ith the iCelautaa E. is " Kuala P.") ; the Gala^ ; 

 the Lebih (village on the Lebih R. — Aur Gading) ; the 'Sara. 



Trihuta/ry of the Lebih : the Ariug. 



iS'.B. — The village at the mouth of the Aring was called Kam- 

 pong Kuala Aring ; that upstream was Kampong Buntal. 



YII. TEEifG-GANU. S. of 5° 50' (N. latitude) ; south of Kelantan. 



Chief town : Trengganu, on a river of the same name. 



Coral Islands off the coast : the Eedangs, called in Malay 

 " Pulau Eedang Besar," or the " Great Redang," and P. Pinang 

 (S. of 5° 50') ; visited by Messrs. Evans and Yapp. 



West Coast. 



VIII. Kedah, or Sai BurI. S. of 6° 40' (N. latitude) : Siamese 

 Dependency on maiolaud, running N.E. from the Island of 

 Penang, which is leased from its Sultan. 



Chief toivn : Alor Setar (" S'tar "), on the Kedah Eiver. 

 Mountains : Guuong Jerai or " Kedah Peak " and Bukit Perak 



("Silver Mountain"). 

 Islands : Pulau Bidan, one of the " JSTiue Islands " group off 



the coast of Kedah (visited by Mr. Evans only). 

 [N.B. — Two small districts JV. of Kedah w-ere called Setal ^ 



(S. of 7° 8') and Perils (S. of 6" 55').] 



IX. Peeak. S. of 6° (N. latitude). Northernmost British Pos- 

 session, forming part of the Pederated Malay States. 



Chief town : Taiping. 



Mountain visited: Gunong Inas (visited by Messrs. Tapp and 



Laidlaw). Eucampment at foot, Sira (not Sirih) Eimau. 

 Biver : the Selama Eiver ( " Sungei Selama "). 

 Villages visited : K. Selama and K. Ulu Selama. 



Notes on the prefixes to Malay place-names :— 



Gunong : a " crag " or rocky peak ; a hill with crags or 



boulders. 

 Bukit : a forest-clad hill or mountain (with few or no exposures); 



called " Ko " in Siamese. 

 Sungei : a river or stream. 

 Tartjong : a cape or point of land. 

 2WoJc : an inlet or bay. 



Ulu : the headwaters or upper reaches of a river. 

 Kuala (pr. Quolla) : the mouth or estuary of a river ; the point 



of confluence of two rivers or streams. 

 Kampong : a (Malay) village or hamlet, called " Ban " in 



Siamese. 

 Pulau : an island. 

 Sim ; a " salt lick" (formed by hot springs), "W. W. S. 



^ Not Setal, as previously printed. 



