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eight miles, but is hardly sufficient in quantity. There is a 

 considerable area of land to be worked, and the output for the 

 next twelve months is estimated at 4,093 pikuls. Tin and tin 

 ore is exported via Becha Deradap to Baling in Kedah, where 

 it is taken in boats down the Ketil and Muda rivers to Kuala 

 Muda, and thence to Penang. 



The village of Klian Intin is in a basin surrounded by 

 hills. One of these was occupied by the Siamese Police Station, 

 where there are an Inspector of Police and 20 Siamese Police. 



The village has since my first visit baen burned down for 

 the third time. It was one of the filthiest I have ever seen, 

 and is extraordinarily unhealthy. It is filled with Chinese, 

 the riff-raff of Perak, and a taking of finger-prints would pro- 

 bably prove 50 per cent, of its native inhabitants to be 

 criminals. I was told that it contained 140 shops. 



On Sunday morning, the 13th June, we walked down, 

 accompanied by Mr. Pearse, about two miles to his dam. On 

 our return we walked up the hill where Mr. Kemp is working, 

 and on which one of his mine Managers lives. It was a steep 

 climb of over 1,100 feet, but we were rewarded on arrival at 

 the top by a glorious view. 



In the long distance westward was Kedah peak : below 

 to the north lay the far-stretching Patani valleys : to the 

 south were visible the Perak river and the towering mass of 

 Kendrong (4,000 feet) ; while in the east one could see the 

 Legeh and Kelantin hills. A view of practically the whole 

 breadth of the Peninsula from the Gulf of Siam to the Straits 

 of Malacca is commanded from this hill. It was a magnificent 

 panorama on a beautiful clear morning. 



A delightfully cold bath and a capital midday meal were 

 very acceptable after the hot walk to the dam, and after the 

 steep climb in a burning sun. 



In the evening I went with Wan Husein to inspect the 

 Police Station in which he puts up when business takes him 

 to the mines. 



Early on the 14th June we started for Becha Deradap — 

 six miles. Anderson and I, walking on ahead, did the distance 



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