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. as chief over the new col oivy under the (illeof 

 Dattoo Moodah of Lia.^^y. He was succ«'e<leci» 

 00 his* deniist^^ by his son-iii law, Jnthj Katus, 

 the present Dattoo Moudah, who is under ihe 

 twoKaluna* of ^^oongei Ofjfjng-, K»w aland Bhau. 

 The Kalanav reside at Paiilii. a village abuot tea 

 miles beyond Jebooi, and were form^fily vas&als 

 oftiie Sukbaun of Johore. 



The Litiggy rrver, upon the right branch of 

 which this cohmy is i»iiuated, is about 4fiO yards 

 broad at its mtiiuh, 1 he entrance h mjpeded 

 by several small rocks, and a spit of sand, (un 

 which at high water there is not more than a 

 qriarter of a fathom), which runs out from the 

 piiiiit of the led bitnk for more thaii three quar- 

 ter** of the widlh of the biglst fmmed by it, and 

 a high promoulory, called lanjong Salamat, 

 which iSHtuaied about midway between the 

 Linggy river and Tanjong Tuan, or Cnpe Kacha- 

 do, distant about eight mi'es, nearly due west 



The largest of ibe rocks otF the ri^ht, or wes- 

 terly , bank is called Bat too Be rj am bit, or the 

 tuficd rock, deriving its name from the circum- 

 stance of its being capped with foliage. A chan- 

 nel of two fatlioms at high water runs about 

 midway between the spit of sand and Tanjong 

 Salaniat, narrowing and deepening as it approach- 

 es the extremity of the rif^ht bank, close into 

 which the lead gives eight fathoms. 



About four miles up ihe river, off Bukit Bru- 

 ang^, or BearV hill, are some coral rocks, to the 

 right hand as you pass up the stream, and here 

 the water, which nearer the moulh was only 

 three lathoms, deej>en!4, from the contraction of 



