| NOTES ON NAMES OF PLACES IN THE 
ISLAND OF SINGAPORE AND 
cles AGW 
SS 
ERHAPS the following notes on some of the names 
of places in the island of Singapore and its imme- 
diate neighbourhood, may not be without interest 
to the readers of the Journal. In Singapore the 
population is continually changing and, as the old 
Malay inhabitants have for the most part died out 
or migrated, it is probable that, before very long, the names 
of places may become corrupted (as some already have been) 
almost beyond recognition. That this should be the: case is 
not surprizing when we consider the various nationalities that 
have settled down in the island for purposes of trade and com- 
merce, and how few and. scattered are the remnants of the 
old Malay settlers and the remnants of the aboriginal ‘Orang 
Laut.” It will doubtless seem to Malay scholars to be super- 
fluous to notice the meanings of some of the names, but my 
object has been to write for the information of those who, 
although they are not thoroughly conversant with Malay, 
yet are disposed to take an intelligent interest in the subject. 
_I have confined myself in these notes to the names of 
places in the Settlement of Singapore, but I may perhaps 
instance two cases in which the names of places in Johor 
territory have become curiously corrupted. There is a place 
on the shores of the Old Straits near Lénduyong called 
Janggut Ma’ Dudok. This figures in the Government map of 
the island (1885) as “Jaman Dulu” and in the charts as 
“Jaman Dudu.’’ Again, there is the point known to Malays as 
