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eastern g boo r aph y. 



Paining 1 ia 1 in many respects, llie least known, geographically and 

 o-Uicrvtae, of nil the the Malay States, and it offers « most interesting 

 field for exploration, Here arc found both tlie highest mount idntf 

 and the widest extant of lakes and marshes in the Peninsula. 



The highest summit in the Peninsula is believed to \w Cftnnng Tahan, 

 which has not been ascended, or even seen by Europeans except at a 

 great distance, hut which almost certainly reaches a height of between 

 30,000 and 12,000 feet. This central chain of the Peninsula at it? widest 

 point, is situated tu the un.it of the nt>i»cr waters of the Pahnn#» and ran 

 probably 1m,» best reached from the L'lu Tending, a feeder of tho Paining, 

 near Jolej* The geological formation of the hi] Ik consists, ho far cut is 

 known, of HT.Liii!»', sandstone, shale, and clay. SotQ6 of the islands, as 

 Tinman and Tioggi. consist iiartly or entirely nf trap rock. 



The next highest summit is to 1« found on the opposite side of I he 

 VthfOtg valley, in ihe neigh Imurhi-Mid of fiuitiiug lt.\K nwir tin- St'liWignr 

 boundary, Othi-r high lulls hit found In tlm eastern chain, from vmcfa 

 flows the river Iterating (called tlni Sorting near its sourve), the iHliufHn 

 in Tringgnnu, nud tlin Lifbih in Kelnntan ; and the Gunung Cheni south 

 of the Pnhang, which is helipved to supply the Cheita lakes. Still further 

 suutli is the lofty Gunong Gayong, scarce of the RuniiK-n. 



The t'hetto lakes, and tlie others in the neighbourhood ms, in fact, the 

 water system »enerndly, sre peculiar to Palsang. Tin; Pahang river drains 

 a grout length of country, and, in its course, receive* important feeders 

 from All jflw e t faa a — from thu mountain* to the north, south, and west. 

 Tin Unmet part of the stream, below Kuala Bftft, flows for nearly 100 mil. * 

 due oast, through n very Jlnt and marshy country. The river and its 

 |i • hi-, horn* liennue wiili- HTnl shallow, r>|ietmn: nut in In sj- nvs liki- small 

 hikes. The country between Pahang ami liinnpH n is particularly level, 

 and the three main tributaries from that region — the Hern, the I'heno, and 

 the Chfni— are all noted for such Inkes. That of tlie Rem Is the largest 

 sheet of in kind water in the Peninsula, but its shores, like the tlnin. 

 nre only inhabited by Sakvi, while the Cheno lakes aw inhabited by 

 iluluys." 



iflie shallowness of the Pahang rivers make* them navigable for smalt 

 craft only, except in the rainy season. Unlike those on the west sid>', 

 their hanks are sandy, often lil^li, mid mostly free from mangroves. The 

 Pahang is formed by the lapis and the -U \> \ ll-vwing r< *| «■<■ t i\v I y from tli- 

 north-west nud north, and uniting a. few inik-s below thu Penium river. 

 One day's journey lower down the main stream is joined by the copious 

 Temelin from the north-Mat, Bdjflflf the Tenndin P Wl fltttP C r it takes the 

 name of Pahaiig, and before reaching the coast receives several other large 

 feeders '-iii-lt ,\* the S.-nmitaii, Triiii^, and Eiem, all from thu Wi-»t end 

 south-west. 



Like moat of tlie eastern seu-board the coajit of Pahang U msinly an 

 uninhabited forest j but it has tin :-. Iv.-.nrn..- of ,i lim- kuhIv s)i«n< whh 

 niitnertiut Hu trees {Ctumaritm iittoreJt), fonning n natural highwuy, 

 jnnetienlih' t-veu during the north-east monaoott. Snch a coa«t mute no- 

 s\ In n' MjOW OB thi' w«nt «ide, frJma thu mttddy foreshore is evuryivhere 

 overgmwu with deiiHe mangrove jungle. 



Pahsug It far from Iriug a t»o[iu Ioub country, even scconiing to the low 

 standard of the PeniuMdsL, although theru nria a good many nourishing 

 Alalay settlemculs, especially in the interior. Htm the valleys of thu 



