JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO PAHANG. 89 
average height of the Malays, some indeed being very tall, 
and men, women, and children, instead of, like the Malays, 
. being shy, retiring, and silent, are vivacious, talkative, and 
rather forward. 
The banks of the Kelantan River are very beautiful; the 
admixture of coco-nuts and clumps of bamboos, with stretches 
of bright green paddy, with a back ground of dark forest, 
makes a pretty picture. The coinage differs from Pahang, 
consisting only of the silver dollar and small circular tin coins, 
about the size of, but not so thick as a cent with a hole in the 
centre. Five hundred of these coins are the equivalent of 
a dollar. Copper cents, or the smaller silver parts ofa dollar, 
are not accepted. 
Got back to the steamer about noon, and left in the after- 
noon for the Cheranting River, where we arrived at 8 A.M. the 
next morning (Sunday, the 25th). | 
The river is situated at the head of a fine bay, but is a 
miserably small stream, with its mouth completely blocked up 
with fallen trees, and with only sufficient water to float a dug- 
out drawing but a few inches of water. Landed on the right 
bank just at the entrance of the stream, and stayed a short 
time on shore. ‘Tracks of game, such as deer, pigs, tiger, and 
peacock, were numerous along the beach, but we did not 
actually see anything. I obtained two shore plover, which 
were interesting, shewing as they did the remains of the 
rufous breeding plumage. One was the larger shore plover 
(4igialitts geoffroyt), the other the lesser shore plover 
(Zigialitis mongola). ‘Lhe most northern point where these 
birds have been found breeding is in Siberia, on the banks of 
the Yenesel. 
After lunch started for the Rumpin River, fifty miles south 
of Cheranting, and twenty to the north of the Endau River, 
the boundary between Johor and Pahang. Anchored about 
7 P.M., off the mouth and about four miles from shore. 
On Monday, the 26th, at 5.30 P.M., steamed close in to 
shore, and landed on the right bank, where a Police Station 
is being erected. His Excellency and Mr. RODGER pro- 
ceeded up the river to the Settlement, about twenty minutes’ 
