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where tapioca is said to grow best. 



The view from Gunong Dato' is a fine one, extending westerly View from 

 from the Sungei tJjong mountains, over the sea-board down to Dato'. 

 Pulau Besar in the South, where Gunong Tampin shuts out the 

 view ; between the latter, however, and Bukit Hulu Api-Api, over 

 which is the route to Johol from Rembau proper, Mount Ophir 

 rears its great pile. 



To the immediate North lies Gunong Beragak slightly higher, 

 and forming the end of the amphitheatre opposite Gunong Dato', 

 with which it is connected by a semi-circular ridge : from this rise 

 two nameless summits, the one adjoining Gunong Dato' being 

 decidedly higher than the latter, and like the rest of the ridge 

 covered with trees which shew no tendency to be dwarfed. 



Gunong Dato' itself I make 2,060 feet above Gadong at Haji Height of Gu- 

 Mastafa's house, which cannot be much above sea-level. Gunong nong Dato'. 

 Tampin is, to judge by the eye, 200 feet higher. 



The summit of Gunong Dato' is very peculiar, being formed of Peculiar sum- 

 immense rocks, some 50 or 60 feet high resting on a space which m ^* 

 is barely enough to support them ; between the two main rocks 

 hang suspended 2 or 3 smaller rocks, under which is sufficient 

 room for a large party. On one of the smaller rocks in this chain- Legend, 

 ber below has been placed an earthen jar into which water trickles 

 from above ; this water is often preserved by the devotees, who are 

 constantly making the ascent to pay their vows, as having peculiar 

 and sacred properties. On the top of the massive rocks first 

 mentioned are smaller rocks which form the actual summit, and on 

 one of these is to be seen a small hollow, shaped something like the 

 print of a human foot. This footprint is attributed to the Petri 

 Gunong Ledang (Princess of Mount Ophir) — a fairy being, who 

 touched here on her way from Tanjoug Tuan, whence she had taken 

 flight in her magic robes from the importunities of the crew of her 

 late lord Nakhoda Hagam, whom she had in a moment of irritation 

 slain with a prick of her needle. To this footprint the mountain 

 owes its name of Dato,' and its reputation as a " kramat." There 

 is only one tree among these rocks, and that not in the summit, 

 so that there is a clear view all round, except where the mountains, 



