142 OF THE PATAKT. 



tain walls rise perpendicularly from the water's edge and along the 

 line of vision vistas of cliff, rock and foliage, all mingled in pic- 

 turesque confusion afford a rich succession of dioramic views, and 

 as evening approaches one may occasionally descry in the far dis- 

 tance some isolated limestone peak suddenly jutting island-like 

 from amidst the sea of jungle, its saffron-tinted crest illuminated 

 by the sunset and gleaming like a topaz from out the emerald settings 

 of the surrounding forest. 



Indeed it may be said of the limestone country of Patani that it 

 is a scenic kaleidoscope of Nature's choicest construction. 



WILLIAM CAMEEOJS". 



