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that part of the Peninsula, what the journey by Messrs. Daly 

 and O'Brien, up the Muar and down the Pahang, effected 

 for the true understanding of the relations, whether physical or 

 political, which exist between the States of Johor, Pahang, and 

 the Negri Sembilan, in the South of the Peninsula. The journey 

 •of M. de Maelav ia IS 75 must also he mentioned, as throwing 

 light on the unknown Central regions. Of these three jour- 

 neys, so important to our Cartography, some record should here 

 be made ; more especially as no account of them has ever been 

 published in a permanent or generally accessible form. I have 

 therefore selected the most striking feature of each account to 

 conclude this paper. But it would be invidious not to refer 

 also to certain earlier journeys, viz : that of Mr. Charles Gray 

 (via Malacca, Nailing, Jumpol and Pahang in 1825, I. A. 

 Journal vol. VI, p. 369) ; of Mr. Logan (via Singapore, Indau, 

 Semrong, Blumut, and Johor in 181-7, I. A. Journal II, p. 010) ; 

 and of the Rev. Le Favre (via Johor, Benut, and Batu Pahat in 

 1840 ; and again via Malacca, Rambau, Sungei-Ujongand Jelebu 

 in 1817, I. A. Journal vols. I & II). I hope to avail myself 

 largely of these accounts in Part II of this paper, when I treat of 

 the geography of each State ; but it is the less necessary to quote 

 from them here, as they are already preserved in an accessible form. 



I will however take this opportunity of recommending their 

 careful perusal t<» all those who are good enough to assist 

 in rendering 1 our new map more complete. I find that a 

 good deal of the information furnished from time to time obvi- 

 ously lacks the advantage of having undergone comparison with 

 the local details collected by earlier writers, and this is a g-rave 

 loss when the writers are such as Fabbe Favre, and the late Mr. 

 Lofiran . 



I. (Extract from the Journal of Messrs. Danlop, Swettenham 

 and Pickering, during the crossing from Larut to K. Kangm 

 February 12, 1874,) 



" We started at l.oO p.m. and within half an hour, got into the 

 finest jungle we have yet seen, crossed incessantly by a beauti- 

 ful clear stream. This jungle was filled with the brightest 

 scarlet and yellow Mowers ; there were numbers of orchids. Af- 

 ter continually ascending till we came to the source of the stream, 

 we began to descend again, following the course of another 

 stream running in the opposite direction. All this time we 

 had been going through a narrow valley, Bukit Berapit forming 

 one side of it, and as we came out into the open, we stood in 

 front of one of the most extraordinary rocks I have ever seen, 

 called (xunong Pondok. 



