146 . MY VISIT TO -KLIAN INTAN. 



Klian Intan. The distance, I reckon, would be about 28 

 miles. There may, of course, be a better route from Baling 

 to the mines. At 9 a.m. on the 17th June we left Kuala Ketil 

 and went on down the Muda. The river is clean until you 

 get to the Kuala Seding and Kuala Karangan. We got to 

 these rivers at 11.20 a.m. They are within 50 yards of each 

 other; the former, the bigger on the two, comes down quite 

 clean, and the latter is very badly fouled, persumably from 

 the Kulim mines. 



At 12.15 we stopped for lunch at a settlement called Alor 

 Madu. It is a very old Siamese Settlement, and there were 

 several priests there. They have quite a nice Waht or temple, 

 and were very civil to us. At 3.20 p.m. we passed the pillar, 

 which marks the boundary between Province Wellesley and 

 Kedah, on the left bank of the Muda. We stopped for tea and 

 a nice bath in the river below the Province Police Station of 

 Pinang Tunggal and soon afterwards came in sight of Penang. 

 The afternoon was so beautiful that it beggars my powers of 

 description. Kedah peak and the small hills were bathed in 

 the light of a lovely sunset and it did not get really dark till 

 past 7 p.m. We reached Kuala Muda at 8 and were housed 

 in a capacious and well-built Eest-house, where we were the 

 guests at dinner of Inche Mat, the District Officer. 



On the early morning of the 18th I went round the town 

 of Kuala Muda with Inche Mat and the Malay Inspector of 

 Police. A guard of honour was turned out and I visited every 

 public office, the hospital and Inche Mat's house. The Kedah 

 Administration has established itself on good lines at Kuala 

 Muda. The country beyond the town is in need of roads. 



Inche Mat took us across the river at 8.30 a.m. and saw us 

 into my motor car in Province Wellesley, whence, after thank- 

 ing and saying good-bye to him, we motored to Taiping— 71miles. 



The whole distance travelled was about 300 miles. We 

 had rain the first night at Jong,, rain in the night, one night at 

 Klian Intan, and a sharp Sumatra. in' the afternoon at Baling. 

 The rest of the fortnight was fine, and for the most part the 

 weather was cool. 



=' Jour. Straits Branch' 



