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the banks, to fcmr fathouis, and the same sound- 

 Inrrs continue up as fur as SiiDpung. or the point 

 of junction of tiie Unggv ami Rum bow blanches. 



Ibe banks on either t^it^e are low and swam- 

 py, ami c'oihed with tlie int^ow* and mn' 

 bmi^ t tr^'GS ; a dense and uninhabited fur est ex- 

 tending inland fo the dir^tiince ot sevt^ral miles on 

 either ^ide. The right bank is dispuied by the 

 chiefs uf Salangore and Rumhow, but is in pos- 

 session of the former; the left bank forms the 

 demarcation of the EiBt India Company 's tei vi to- 

 ry- 



Up as far as J^impang tlie breath of the river is 

 nearly uniform, being apparently between three 

 and four hundred yards, its general course from 

 Simpang to the mouth being S, by W, The 

 branch, which falls in to the right at Simpang, is 

 generally called the Linggy river, but, correctly 

 Bpeakiogp it should be termed **Battaag Pennar/' 

 Ascending this branch, you arrive at Linggy and 

 the tin mines of Soon^^ei Oojong. 



The eastern branch, or that one which falls in 

 to the left of Simpang, is called Soongei Penagie, 

 or the Rumbow river, which takes its rise in the 

 Rumbow mountains. Its general course from 

 Pangkallang To Bandar, higher up the stream, to 

 Simpang is S. W. by W. ; whilst that of the Ling- 

 gy branch from Linggy to the same point is 

 about S- E by 



A few reaches above the point of junction, both 

 these branches narrow considerably, and conti- 

 nue 60 10 do in proportion as one advances nearer 



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 ftf thb tre^. 



t Caryota arcm L. Enterpe plobtwi^ OttH. A fpicki ot palia. Hut 

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