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Glam, Polo Burong, Qtv^Wo T^ookoot Kechil, and 

 Qtialio Lookoot Besar. 



The whole of these, with the exceptioii of the 

 two last, are now merely places ol rt br.rt to fish- 

 ermen and people emplriyfd in piocuring (hm- 

 Wflr and wood oil. Yet local tradition asj^erts 

 that the whole of this now dej^erted coast between 

 the Lins^rry rirer and Cape Ruchado was once 

 thickly popnlated, and the numerous and exten- 

 sive ancient burial places, visible at tins day. cor^ 

 roborate lhe a*;?fertian. 



Lookoor, which lies a h'trie to the westward of 

 Cape lUchado, being Mtuated about 40 milest to 

 the westward and northward of Miilacca, is cele- 

 brated for it.; tin mines. These afford cmploy- 

 Tiieni for abont two hundred Chinese miners 

 w^ho Rre divided into three companies or gangs, 

 each under the immcdiflte control of a Kung.<:eh' 

 or headrman ; their labor being performed in 

 different parts of the valley, 



Lookoot lies inland about six or seven miles : a 

 small Ttver, navigable only hy ihoXh^hi sampan, 

 will convey the traveller to within a mile or two 

 of the mines, but the lernainder ofthelrip mu^tbe 

 performed on foot, as the water becomes too shaK 

 low even for thi^s small boat— The road, like all 

 Malayan roads^, lead^ through a deti^e and dark 

 jmrgle, whose gloom is abruptly terminated by 

 the smiling valley, in which i^ ^Uuuud the village 

 of Lookoot. 



This valley is nearly circular in form, and its 

 diameter may be tnken at about half a mile : the 

 hills, which circumscribe it, are of moderate 

 height, clothed with forest trees and jungle to the 



