28 PULAU LANGKAWI. 
of Bass’ Straits, and entering a land-locked harbour reached a 
shallow bay, on the shore of which is the principal village of 
the island—a place named Kwah. Here, we were informed, 
there is a considerable population of both Malays and Chinese, 
principally fishermen. There is a certain amount of cultiva- 
tion, and the paddy-fields inland are said to be extensive. . 
We did not land, but steamed on through the strait, having the 
main island on our right and the island of Dayang Bunting on 
our left. Just opposite the village of Kwah across the strait 
are the limestone cliffs of Tanjong Tirei (on Dayang Bun- 
ting), very precipitous, and immediately behind the village, 
but far inland, rises the conical peak of Gunong Raya, the 
highest point in the island, about 2,900 feet high. Fishing 
stakes here and there in the strait and an occasional kampong 
on the shores of the main island gave evidence of the presence 
of a Malay population, and now and then we passed a fishing 
boat, or a Chinese trading junk with picturesque brown sails. 
Presently a view was opened up to the northward of a long 
serrated ridge with fifteen or twenty peaks, which the Malays 
call Gunong Chinchang, or the “ chopped mountain,” from its 
supposed resemblance to a board in the edge of which deep 
indentations have been cut with a hatchet. 
On the South coast of Pulau Langkawi there are the fol- 
lowing places between Kwah and Tanjong Sawah, which we 
passed in the order in which their names are given :—Klébang, 
Tépah, Langkana, Témoyang (river and small kampong), 
and Teluk Baharu. On the coast of Dayang Bunting opposite, 
we passed Batu Uban, Tanjong Lilit, and the limestone cliffs 
of Goa Langsiah, where there is a cave. Here, we were told, 
grows in profusion a ground orchid with a yellow flower in 
great demand among collectors. The islanders had, it ap- 
peared, recently learned that it possesses a money value, 
owing to the visit of a collector, who paid a cent a-piece for 
specimens. I have since ascertained that the plant in question 
is the Cypripedium Nivium. 
The scenery hereabouts is very striking. The fantastic 
shapes of the limestone cliffs and peaks of Dayang Bunting, 
the islets dotted about in the strait, the smooth expanse of 
deep blue water, and the distant ranges of Gunong Raya and 
