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to their respective sources. The bank*i of either 

 pref^eiit the same vinalteiable 3|tpearaDce of fo- 

 rest, [jijt become gradually \e^s siwamjiv, 7 he 

 influence of the tide extt nds m higli as Pad^kai- 

 !ang KuaHang tm the Liuggy braoch, alilioii^^ii 

 the water be salt only au far as Bukit Mcikimiet, 

 and. on the Uu'ubuw branch, as nigh as Pa ig- 

 kallan;*' To Bandar. 



A.*icending the river, the first village to be met 

 wiih ts that at its mouth, as its name import*:, 

 Qnallo Linggy It is of very rect^nt oriirtp^ hai-- 

 iuu been established in June lM3y by a few emi- 

 grants who had been driven fruni Salantjore by 

 the Vyi anny and exactictns of their chiefs, Kajah 

 Mahomed und his reiutives, Wuhin the course 

 of a few we^ks it inerensed to neaily iJtree bun- 

 red people, ine I uding wtiinen and children, the 

 reattst uiflux being fit m Jai:j;ra, or FarceUr 

 dl, find its vicinity. 



It Cf>usists at present offuity >ix house??. The 

 atloo .^loudalt uf Lingj^y, inchi Katias had a 

 ouse here, but, nn the breaking out of ihe dis- 

 urbances between thi« ehiel and Syed Sabban, 

 he Britihii Ouvemnient, with the view uf pre^ 

 rving the ap|Kaiance of Htricl neni rainy, order- 

 ed it to be removed. The village lie;* on the 

 banks of the river, and at the foot of the gras&y 

 knoM, whose suiumit is crowned by the tempora- 

 ry btir racks erected there for the accommodation 

 of the t^mall military detachment. 



The barracks are enciicled by the walis of 

 an old Dutch redoubt, which it i?* suppo'ted 

 vpas erected Munewhere about 1784, during the 

 disturbance between that Power and Rajah Had- 



