5S6 THE PLACES VISITED BY THE "SKEAT EXPEDITION." [Dec. 3, 



Chief river : the Kelantan. 



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

 fluence with the Kelantan R. is " Kuala P.") : the Galas ; 

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



Tributary of the Lebih : the Aring. 



X.B. — The village at the mouth of the Aring was called Kara- 

 pong Kuala Aring ; that upstream was Kampong Buntal. 



VII. Tkexgganu. S. of 5° 50' (X. latitude); south of Kelantan. 

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



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

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



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



West Coast. 



VIII. Kedah, or Sai Bfrttl. S. of 0° 40' (X. latitude) : Siamese 

 Dependency on maiuland, running X.E. from the Island of 

 Penang, which is leased from its .Sultan. 



Chief town : Alor Setar (" S'tar "), on the Kedah River. 

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



(" Silver Mountain "). 

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



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

 [X.B. — Two small districts X. of Kedah were called Setul * 



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



IX. Perak. S. of 0° (X. latitude). Xorthernmost British Pos- 

 session, forming part of the Eederated Malay States. 



Chief town : Taipiug. 



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



Laidlaw). Encampment; at foot, Sira (not Sirih) Rimau. 

 ltiver : the Selama River ( " Sungei Selama "). 

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



Xotes 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 " K6 " in Siamese. 

 Sungei : a river or stream. 

 Tanjong : a cape or point of land. 

 lelok : 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. 

 Sira : a " salt lick" (formed by hot springs). W. W. S. 



1 Not Sttal, as previously printed. 



