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these stations was at Maxwell's Hill, as it is called, a sanatorium 

 OQ the summit of a mountain only three miles in a straight line 

 from Thaiping, but over three thousand feet above it. I remained 

 about a month at this station. I subsequently removed to another 

 mountain called A rang Para in the pass between Matang and 

 Kuala Kangsa, and about the same height as Maxwell's Hill, but 

 a Ijetter situation in many respects for observation. The bunga- 

 low is situated on the highest point of a spur, dependent 

 upon a much higher mountain, namely Gunong Bubu, probably 

 about 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. This mountain had 

 never been visited by Europeans, being separated from the settled 

 districts by several miles of dense jungle, and almost precipitous 

 ridges and ravines. Assisted by Messrs. Bozzolo and Scortechini, 

 I explored to the summit of this mountain, occupying myself in 

 the examination of the country, and camping in the jungle for a 

 couple of weeks. Several very interesting botanical and zoological 

 observations resulted from this journey, not the least of which, 

 was the discovery of a mountain flora similar to Mount Ophir in 

 Malacca and some of the mountains of Borneo and Sumatra. 



To the north of Thaiping along the coast in the direction of 

 Province Wellesly, much of the alluvial flats and mangrove 

 swamps has been reclaimed for the purpose of sugar-plantation. 

 Some of these I also visited at the mouths of the rivers Krau, etc. 

 The whole of the western coast-line of the state of Perak is 

 almost entirely a low-ljing mangrove shore, of very shallow muddy 

 water, with dense jungle or lalang i^Imperata arundinacea) scarcely 

 raised above the level of the sea. Matang is at the mouth of tlie 

 river Larut, and there are several other small rivers such as the 

 Johore, the Limou, the Trong, &c. I visited many of these, as 

 well as some of the long stretches of muddy islands which front 

 the coast. To the south one river, a little longer than the rest, is 

 called the Bruas. This river is mainly distinguished for the 

 enormous number of crocodiles which it shelters. The mud is 

 almost alive with them, and I have never seen such numbers, or 

 such large crocodiles in any other place in the whole course of my 

 travels. 



