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territories. It must be admitted, that this change from a river to a 

 range of mountains, which coming from the N. W. runs at some short 

 distance from, and parallel to it, and in which numerous streams take 

 their rise, and descending the hills contribute to swell that river by 

 their tributary streams, is not the best line that could have been select- 

 ed. But it is now discovered, that the range of mountains them- 

 selves was considered by the Burmese and Siamese as the boundary. 



Capt. Lloyd also, from whose excellent and accurate Map of the 

 Mergui Archipelago I have borrowed largely, when speaking of the 

 same coal field, the position of which was fixed by Lieut. Fell of the 

 Indian Navy and myself, appears to doubt " whether the locality in 

 question is in the British or Siam territory ; for Cin Point of the 

 charts on the Gulf of Siam side, is in latitude 12° 10' N. and longitude 

 100° 10' E., or only 35 miles in a direct line further from the coal 

 site ; whilst from the town of Cin, situated in a more southerly direc- 

 tion, where the Gulf of Siam is represented as having a deep course 

 to the westward, it is only 23 miles." 



The mountains on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Siam, called 

 by the Siamese Samroi Yot (the 300 peaks), is mentioned by Mr. 

 Crawfurd in his " Embassy to Siam and Cochin China ;" he says, in 

 latitude 13° 2', " a few miles to the north of us was seen the entrance 

 of a river, upon which is situated the town of Kivi," (Cin). This 

 shows that there are rivers rising in the range of hills to the west- 

 ward of it, which flow into the Gulf of Siam, and whether the Kivi 

 river or the Thain Khan, or as some call it, the little Tenasserim, rise 

 in the same range or adjoining ones, that range in which the latter 

 has its source is certainly our proper boundary. From Cin Point the 

 coast has been delineated from native information, though I believe 

 the best of the description that could be obtained ; but may the coast 

 not have been drawn as tending too much to the westward from Cin 

 Point ? But whether it does or not, or what ever the breadth of the 

 range of hills may be, I conceive, that it has little to do with the 

 present question, for no doubt can exist, even on a reference to that 

 ultima ratio — the Law of Nations. 



I think we should be culpable in the present case to remain silent, 

 and allow a Map to go forth disseminating error, and which might be 

 hereafter brought forward as clearly defining the boundary line. 



