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this area is fit for cultivation ; and on it the Chinese 

 raise a considerable quantity of sugar, as before 



noticed. 



The Pulo Kr\ arc two steep Islands, separated 

 from Battu Kawan by a channel of a little in n o than 

 a milt wide. The channel which divides Battu ka- 

 wau from tlie main shore is s i narrow I hat it is in- 

 distinguishable except on a near approach to it. 

 The former has therefore commonly been supposed 

 to form a part of the latter* 



Several Penang* cultivators have begun to raise 

 spices un Battu Kuwait hill ; and ihc attempt will 

 probably be followed by success, many nutmeg tree* 

 befog already in bearing-. This district contains 

 about 1,000 souls, but they are included at present 

 in the Jnru census, although I have kept them here 

 distinct. 



The Krean river forms the southern boundary of 

 the Province— which it separates from the Malayan 

 State of IVrak. I* is about On: same breadih as llie 

 Pry; but the entrance* is intricate, and not to be 

 easily threaded by vessels of much burden. When 

 over the bar, the* channel is deep and broad. The 

 depth over the bar at spring- tides is about 9 feet ; at 

 other times it hardly exceeds four or five. Inside 



this bar, and up to the distance of one full tide or 



nearly 20 miles, by the course of the river — the depth 

 varies from 20 to 90 feet, lint the river can be na- 

 vigated in small boats for four or five days beyond 

 this point— as its source lies in the high range of 

 hills called Bukit Patau i, and sometimes Bukit Pe- 

 rak, because they divide Patani and Perak from 

 each other. 



It is sixteen miles and a half to the mouth of the 



Krean from Penang Jetty 5 and six miles further in 



a direct line up the river— but ten by the channel— 



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