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nutmegs, .wpan wood, diamonds, and hogstonee, 

 Avhilst the interior abounds with elephants. 



To the northward of Pahaug, and, situated 

 about a mile up a river of the same aamc, stands 

 Kainamau, a paltry settlement, not numbering 

 much above twenty Chinese, who have been 

 attracted thither by the tin mines, which are si- 

 tuated about two daysi joarney, or thirty mites, 

 in the interio' . 



This settlemeut was iurmed about A. B. 1817, 

 but, the vein of ore becomiaf^ nearly exhausted, 

 there were not, in 1828, more i\\m a hundred 

 Chinese at the mines. 



Although the states of Tringano, Patani, and 

 Singora, are at present no component portions 

 of the empire ofJohore yet, as Patani, aiid by 

 inference Tringano aUo, which is to the south- 

 ward of it, was at one period a part of that king- 

 dom, and as I am now treating of the eastern 

 coast of the Peninsula, to which I may not have 

 an opportunity to revert, my readers will, I trust, 

 excuse my departure from strict method of ar- 

 rangement, and permit me to eralxdy in this 

 place, my scanty remaining information relative 

 to these places, and Ligore, 



Tringano is situated in N. latitude 5. 25. upon 

 a river of the same name, but not so wide as that 

 ofPahang. The town, however, lies nearer the 

 mouth, the Malay campojtg* which is both large 

 and populous, containing between 20, and 30,000 

 inhabitants, is nearest to the landiDgpIace, butisex- 

 tr'emely filthy and the streets are crowded and nar- 

 row^ The houses are built of attap, and the place 

 possesses two markets, the venders and purchasers 



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