JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. 36 — December, 1834. 



I. — Some Account of the Territory and Inhabitants of Naning, in the 

 Malayan Peninsula. By Lieut. J. T. Newbold, 23rd Regiment, 

 Madras Native Infantry. 



Topography. — Naning is an inland territory; its mean length north 

 and south, about forty miles, by an average of ten in breadth, giving 

 400 square miles. The boundary to the northward was never clearly 

 defined till the 9th of January, 1833, when Mr. Westerhout, the 

 Superintendent of Naning, came up to Sunjie Seepoot, a village near 

 the frontier, to meet the Rumbowe chiefs, with a view of determining 

 the respective boundaries of the two territories. 



An agreement was here drawn up, and signed by the Raja Muda, 

 the Panghulu of Rumbowe, Maharaja Lilah, and the eight Sulcus, 

 and by Mr. Westerhout and two witnesses on the part of Government. 



The boundary line agreed on, commences at Qualla Sunjie Gernee, 

 thence to Bukit Bertram, thence to Bukit Jelatang to Bukit Puttoos, 

 thence to Jeerat Gunjie, Lubo Talan, Duson Feringie, Duson Kapar, 

 and Ooloo Songa, to Bukit Puttoos*. By this arrangement a spot 

 fertile in tin, and a small access of territory, have been gained to Go- 

 vernment. 



* The boundaries of Naning with Johole and Malacca have been fixed, since 

 the writing of this memoir — with the former, the line extends from Bukit Puttoos 

 to Bukit Battang Malacca, and terminates at Mount Ophir. The Malacca line 

 commences at Mount Ophir, and thence taking a south-westerly direction, passes 

 through Rambotan Gading, Battle Bakawat, Bukit Lansat, Bukit Badorie, Bukit 

 Panchoor, Pankalan Sompit, Qualla Sungiepattye, Campong Kodia Pacho, Pondo 

 Sassam, Pondo Panjang, Pondo Battu, Bukit Kaya Arang, Bukit Pembagiun, 

 Ramoun Chino Kechil, and Tebbing Tingih. From Tebbing Tingih to Qualla 

 Londoo, the Rumbowe river is the boundary between Naning and Rumbowe to 

 Qualla Surgie Gernee. 

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