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Sungai Penuh, Korinchi, 780 M. 
The principal place in Korinchi, situated about the centre 
of the absolutely level plain and surrounded by ricefields, 
gardens, and marshes. The slopes of the adjacent hills 
are covered with native coffee plantations or lalangfields. 
There is no forest in the vicinity, as the slopes of the 
Barisan Chain have been cleared up to 1000 M. 
Surian, Alahan Pandjang, Padang Highlands, 1050 M. 
A coffee estate on the headwaters of the Batang Hari, 
in a valley running between two parallel chains of the 
Barisan Range. All the forest has been cleared on the 
lower slopes, and only more inland and at greater heights 
is it untouched. 
Tabat Patah, Salimpaung, Padang Highlands, 1000 M. 
The same kind of surreundings as Koto Gadang. 
Talang Ampat, Bencoolen, 40 M. 
The village is situated in an undulating plain, covered 
by lalang fields, scrub bush, and scanty young forest. In 
Raffles’ time the place must have been covered with heavy 
forest. 
Talu, Ophir Districts, 520 M. 
The place is situated where, in a former geological 
period, a crater lake must have existed. Part of the crater 
walls are still left, now clothed with secondary forest and 
scrub bush. The former lake bottom is now a level plain, 
covered by ricefields and plantations. 
Taluk, Buo, Padang Highlands, 240 M. 
The same kind of country as Buo. 
Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 1000 M. 
A tea estate in the Barisan Range ; the country around 
is covered by old forest with many clearings. 
Tapus, Lebong, Bencoolen, 800 M. 
A place near the Ketahun river, surrounded by native 
plantations and very young forest. 
Tulas, Muara Kiawai, Ophir Districts, 40 M. 
A little settlement on the border of the great swamp 
of Muara Kiawai. 
Ulu Air, Pajokumbuh, Padang Highlands, 820 M. 
The highest point of the road from Pajokumbuh in 
the Padang Highlands to the east coast. The same kind 
of country as Koto Alam. 
