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n " before " t," which might account for the form ' Itan.' 

 (Curiously enough, M. de Morgan, the eminent French 

 Geographist, who, in 1884, came out to Perak at the request 

 of Sir Hugh Low and made a very accurate map of the Perak 

 valley, does not refer to the place). The two European Min- 

 ing Companies speak of it and write of it as Klian Intan, and 

 I am inclined to adopt the view of the Sri Adika Eaja. 



I had arranged, through Berkeley, with the Ampur of 

 Betong, Wan Husein, to meet me at Klian Intan. 



I did so because that is by far the most important place 

 in the new Territory, carrying the largest population of mixed 

 nationalities with a not inconsiderable Siamese Police Force. 



At 10 a.m. on the 16th July it was rumoured that Wan 

 Husein had arrived. Berkeley went up to the Police Station 

 to call on him. After some conversation they came to- 

 gether to Mr. Kemp's house and I went down with the Dato 

 Sri Adika Eaja to meet them. It was evident from the cor- 

 dial greeting that the Ampur gave me that he was anxious to 

 play his part in a friendly manner, and Berkeley assured me 

 that nothing could be more satisfactory than the arrange- 

 ments Wan Husein had made. He detailed them to me, and 

 I, of course, agreed to fall in with them to the letter. 



At 1.45 p.m. the Siamese Police under their Inspector 

 and the Perak Indian Police under Inspector Simpson were 

 drawn up in front of the Police Station on the hill, on op- 

 posite sides of the small square where the flagstaff stands on 

 which the Siamese flag was flying. I went up with a large 

 following of Europeans at 2 p.m., the time appointed. Wan 

 Husein came dow T n the hill in uniform to meet us. As he and 

 I reached the top of the hill both detachments of Police pre- 

 sented arms. He took the Perak salute and I that of the 

 Siamese Police. We then stood on the station side of the 

 square, with our backs to the building, and Wan Husein ad- 

 vancing to the flagstaff made a speech in Malay to the follow- 

 ing effect : 



He had received a letter from Prince Damrong, inform- 

 ing him that a friendly Treaty had been made between the 



R, A. Soc, No. 54, 1909. 



