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contribute to swell the number of half- enslaved gangs engaged on the Deli 

 plantations. 



These plantations are continually advancing in both directions, northwards 

 into the Langkat and Atjeh territories, southwards into the sultanate of Sirdang. 



Fig. 43.— Deli. 



Scale 1 : 650,000. 



Depths. 



Oto 16 

 Feet. 



16 Feet and 

 upwards. 



12 Miles. 



The small breed of Deli horses coming from the Batta country are highly valued 

 on the Singapore and Pulo Pinang markets. 



Labuan, the outport of the Deli state, lies near the mouth of the Deli, in a 

 swampy district, and on a muddy inlet where the shipping has to ride at anchor 

 three miles from the shore. A railway runs from Labuan up the river southwards 



