114 SELAMA TO PONG, PATANI. 
rain being over, started for Klian Intan; went up a steep 
little bit of hill, down the other side, and we arrived at Klian 
Intan at 5 P.M., and were well received by the towkay. There 
are about one hundred Chinese here, Macaos and Hylams, 
all under one fowkay, and the mines here have been worked 
along time. The towkay was very hospitable, and made me 
very comfortable, and was very anxious to know when the 
country was coming under the Pérak Government. 
24th November.—Started at 9 A.M. for Baling along the 
path by which the tin is carried to Baling. Men get fifty 
cents per half pzku/ for carrying it. Path bears about N. 
W.; crossed two steep hills, and arrived at a lake in the 
jungle at 11.45; the part visible being about two hundred 
acres in extent. A very pretty spot, this is about half way 
between Klian Intan and Baling and there is a hut here which 
serves asa resting place for the tin carriers. There is no 
stream running into this lake, and it is said that in the wet 
weather the water in it is comparatively low, while in the dry 
weather the water comes up to where the hut stands, a rise 
of about four or five feet. This sounds like a traveller’s yarn, 
but some of my men declared they have seen it. There is 
also said to be an enormous water-snake, ular deradaz or 
deraday, inhabiting this lake; this reptile is said to he in 
wait for animals coming down to drink, and would take a 
man as soon as anything else. [have heard such wonderful 
stories of this species of reptile, of its capabilities, &c., that 
I cannot help thinking that like the zaga, it exists only in 
the fertile imagination of the Malays, especially as no one 
seems to know of any one who has seen one. There isa 
Siamese village near this, situated some distance from the 
lake, of about twenty houses. The village is called Bichah 
Deradah and the inhabitants plant padz; they have built their 
kampong away from the lake, which would be an excellent 
site, for fear of this rival of the snake. ‘This is in Patani terri- 
tory.* Lotsof fishin the lake. Saw some wild-ducks. Men 
showing signs of having had about enough of this marching. 
* See Journal, Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, No. 9, p. 31, where 
this lake and village are mentioned. 
