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and lies upGtt ft &mk\\ creek, nearly dry at low 

 Water, which comnnnnicate« with the river* This 

 cretk WHS farmerly a iiotDrious lurking place for 

 piraiej*, md \ e>tiges o! ancient clearingrs, (proba- 

 bly of ihe early 13 uggis settle r**), tombs, old wells, 

 &c. are visible to ihiw day in various parts of the 

 forest between the and Tanjong Serai» 



a circumstance which would induce os to believe 

 timt at some dii*tant period this spot had teen 

 highly populous. 



A I present the intervention of the forest di- 

 vides the qnnlio nnd Telohpuau into distiuct set* 

 tlemeius ; but, afe soon as this has fallen under 

 the axe, the two will be again united, and com- 

 pose, as formerly, an extensive tract of cultivati- 

 on embracing upwards of a mile of the left bank 

 of the rivef . 



7\!ohpuan h at present colonized by eight 

 families, who have cleared a tract of land, mea- 

 suring about Dine hundred yards in length by 

 three hundred in breadth, and planted it partial* 

 ly with paddy, plantains, pine apples, Icadi, su- 

 gar-cane, and the ahi Ikfigaie, or sweet potaloe. 

 A ^amah has al8(» been discovered, which will, in 

 the process of time, be brought into cuUivaiion. 



The soil appears to be well adapted for the 

 production <jf the above vegetables as well as of 

 pine apples, Lada China, or black pepper, which 

 last thrives well ; cocoanuts» dariam, and mart^ 

 gmjtcens, also find congenial soil here, and a fevtr 

 clove trees have been planted and will probably 

 succeed. Coffee plants have not been introduc- 

 ed, and the gambier will neter be attempted un- 

 til such time as the Chinese may form a consti- 



