00 PtKAK. TO SLIM. 



and litis always been, considered by the people here the boundary 

 between Selangor and Perak. The river, he tells me, is very rapid, 

 so I have no doubt it runs straight down from the hills, and this 

 would seem a very fair boundary. The Slim river runs right back 

 into Perak, and is said to rise in a hill called " Batu G-aja," which 

 forms the boundary between Perak and Pahang. 



Batu Graja is about six hours' walk from here, and can be seen 

 plainly. 



The Bernam river again runs back into Selangor, and has its 

 source not far from the Selangor river, so, on the whole, I should 

 think the boundary accepted by the people living on the spot, that 

 is, the Bil river, is the best and fairest. It is true that the 

 boundary between Perak and Selangor is the Bernam river, but 

 then the point is : Which is the Bernam river ? What is now called 

 Bernam river, or the Slim river, which may in reality be the real 

 source of the river which is known at its mouth as the Bernam ? 



There are half a dozen Chinese working tin here for the Datoh, 

 a little way above his house. The house lies in the bosom of the 

 hills, in a valley shut in on three sides, some six or seven miles 

 long, and not a mile, perhaps half a mile, wide. This valley is said 

 to be rich in tin. Indeed, I believe there is little doubt but that 

 there is tin all over it in larger quantities and more easily to be 

 worked than any mines in Perak, except perhaps Salak. Eaja 

 Ja Asul is very anxious to open mines here, and if he can raise 

 money I've no doubt he will succeed ; the water both for working 

 and for carrying the metal is everything that could be desired. 



We put up for the night in a hut nine feet square, and were 

 glad to get it. 



There is nothing whatever to be got here, not even a fowl. 



13th February. 



The Datoh, though he has been sent for, may be several days 

 getting here, and I have been trying to find a boat to take us 

 down the Slim river into the Bernam. 



