Rew sr ALU sk AaNeG Kea WL: 
as > HESE are bold islands, formed of and flanked by 
ee towering masses of limestone. I could find but 
“Sf = ~—few tracts of level ground upon these islands. 
; See They are dependencies of the Siamese Govern- 
“HN ment of Kedah.’* This is all that Colonel Low, 
in 1849, found to write of this beautiful group of 
islands, and there is little other printed information about 
them. Situated 1 im Watss62 10:, to 6 27, North, and Wong: 
99° 37. to g9° 50° East, about seventy miles due north of 
Penang, they are clearly visible on a fine day from the top 
of Penang Hill, and the curious configuration of their lime- 
stone peaks, so unlike the ordinary scenery of the Straits of 
Malacca, invite exploration. Some notes, which I made during 
a cruise round the Langkawi Islands in December, 1887, en- 
abled me to correct and supplement the geographical infor- 
mation contained in the latest Admiralty charts of this locality, 
as far as the native names of places are concerned, and | 
print them here, with a map, for the information of future 
travellers. 
H. H. the Raja of Kedah (whose capital we had been 
visiting), as soon as he learned that our tour was to include 
the Langkawi Islands, kindly proposed to accompany us (my 
brother, Mr. R. W. MAXWELL, and myself), and to show us all 
the places of interest there. He declined, however, a passage in 
the Sea Bird, and brought his own steamer, with WAN MAT 
SAMAN, his Chief Minister, and a few other followers in attend- 
ance. We left the mouth of the Kedah River on the morning 
of December 26th, and steered direct for the East entrance 
* Journ. Ind. Arch., III, 8. 
