ITINERARY FROM SINGAPORE 



TO THE SOURCE 

 OF THE SEMBRONG AND UP THE MADEK, 



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"^w^SP -^TER leaving Singapore, the first point we passed was 



Tanjong Ramenia ( l ) (commonly known as Romania 

 |t£ Point) or Penyiisok, which we reached in five and-a-kalf 



<vJ$^ hours ; shortty after, we passed Pill an Lima, not far from 

 )f which could be seen the -wreck of the " Kingston," 

 " Here," said the men, " many vessels are wrecked." 



At Sungei Punggei ( 2 ) we were detained by a strong squall, 

 Two hours up this river is a Chinese gambier plantation. Before 

 reaching Tanjong Lemau, the next noticeable promontory, the 

 striking peak of Pul.au Tinggi comes into view, bearing about 70° 

 from Tanjong Tenggaroh, the next headland. Two hours further 

 on is the mouth of Sungei Meresing ( 3 ), and just beyond it lies 

 Tanjong Setindan. (* ) From here Pidau Tioman ( 5 ) can be well seen, 

 and at daybreak I had a beautiful view of it, with its wonderfully 

 fantastic peaks raising high their sombro-tinted heads above the 

 fleecy veil which concealed its base. It is strange that so little is 

 known of this grand island, which, unlike most of the neighbouring 



( x ). " Ramenia" or more commonly " Rumnia " is a fruit used 

 as a pickle by the Malays, either in the acJiar or the jeruk form. 



"Silsok" to clear jungle the first time, or perhaps from " susor 

 menyusor " to skirt the shore in a boat. 



( 2 ). " Punggei," a tree, the wood of which is used in boat and 

 house-building, and the bark for flooring. 



( 3 ). "Meresing," smelling offensively. 



(*) "Setindan," a row, a series. 



( 5 ). Tioman was given to Daek or Lingga, so it is said, by the 

 Raja of Pahang, who married the former's daughtor, as emus 

 kdwiii, and the name is fancifully derived from " tiinWigan." 



