Ti=r. MALAY PENINSULA. 



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Haiih infl T-ipis, tnliul.iriis ■ .f tin' 1 *cl!j itliyf from tin.' L'ltl .S^Llngrir hills*, 

 togi'ther with tin- M-h't utul Tending di&trtnts lower down the main 

 s"n :i ijijii-iir 1-i lii more thii:kly inhiibituil Llj.ii.tb nay ollitT part of Iho 



Pahang i.'.M -. Uh chief i - 1 ; >■ -; I rj.- . - to Its ru'h ffntd and tin deposit*, 

 which for pradnelivtMursti and iptulity an; Li nrL va]K-il tit the IVnjjiMtliu 

 The chief guld mine* aw, or have- Wn, in 1bi- Paining hi-iit ni l.ipin, 

 Seiiiimtaii, ll 1 1 ■ 1 Li'ir-t ; mill I he sill 1 1" in- Ml is.Llxi I'omnl its fur smith ii.h tin 1 



Hi'rii river. A ndu ol pintail found at Bmigti Unkbtng on tint K wan- 

 tan, and tin nvurytt'laehi ln-'tir Ihu gold-digging uml in plauea liltu this 

 Tii'ti.: .lii'I I', t i ■! • • 1 1 valleys where «* ■ 1 • i i> in»i iunk*->L 



Iteeent e\ plural ions ii-*. r .| -Il.av tin- country In Im; very ]Wor i\t tho 

 i Eiiiti-. Tin 1 Luut valley in now nluioht depopulated, not more lltnn 

 tifLy fiMr-lHHtii-d iiirii twino fuund in tin.' wholu district. Here tlum? ia no 

 tuiriferouM (piling, although n ^mul ileal of Hurfact'-niiniiig apj tcari* lu have 

 I - 'Mi formerly carried on, traces of extensive Chinese diggings h.it iug luani 

 found. 



Of the u mineral " States the Malays rank Paining first,. KelSatan 

 TH-xi. .irnl I'.Hrthi third ; these territories ulune yielding galena as well 

 as gold and tin. It is noteworthy that the; chief gold-workings lie 

 nlmont entirely along u somewhat narrow zone running: northwards 

 from Mounts Ophir and Scguuint through the very heart of the 

 PfeftJnmtlft to the Kalian Mas (gold diggings) of Patani and Telopin, 

 The best tin-work trigs of Prdiang lie on the river Benlong, and bear 

 tint auriferous district of Jfllei, In whiteness and pliancy the tin of 

 Pahang rivals tint of Perak and SClingor on the want const. 



Pahang in «aid to prow Kufficieiit rice for ite own consumption, 

 besiden exporting a Httto to Ji-li-biu It is mostly wet rice, the 

 buffalo being employed liore intend of the hnlhck rw in the north- 

 ern States. Neifher is the elephant licro tlumcHticritLwl, st> that 

 P&htttjl belongft t in reapeL-ts, rather to Die floiiLhcrn tlum to the 

 northern section of the Peoln8tUts« The only other vegetable pro- 

 dut't« are jnngle produce and soine Htnber, which has of late years 

 been exported mainly by the " Pahang road 11 to KuaU LompOft 



The capital »f tlu- Stalls w Pffatn, whioh Mos a ft wmilos from tin* month 

 of thr l^iJimi^. Olhur M'tth'tiM'tits are Ch?na, some way up th<' main 

 rivtT ; Temarbkt nt-ar thn river Scmantun ; Tnvjotttj Ittmr ami Vm$em\ on 

 tht< riwr LEpin ; Jttri r CEtiLre of tli« gold inilnstry ; and Trmelin, noted for 

 it* earthenware. 



The inland coiuiuunicationjt fire efcjefiy by means of the wiilednnnching 

 ris'er n >'»['.' m. There an- im ruads, ami tin- jarL^h- tiil- - :l i-« ■ mainly <-nn. 

 iiin-'l T'l I In' in I it r. • I I'l'Mn-i'lmis:- virli Krhuilni r.r-1 Trin^ilnU : ri path 

 ri-i'WliU binii I'ln K wis titan tliroO>jh I'oiin 1o l T |it bi'ii-t, uml iiiiotin-r LVnrii 

 I'hl I H-r.i (liiv.n^b f'.isivtii I ' L il ki-rntfiii^, Tln-ri' i» :ihoa iv.iy rroin tlrlilin^ 

 to the It, Lipis, hwhI hy Malays jiaKain" lH'tvn<TU Vi>mk ami Valuing, Tldn 

 hiw hen n-i'i-ntly (16S4) aatfteaa Ivy the Pfeak otFieiaK A mud Inw iJaa 

 i» • in u|. l.y tin- sr-lan^r t'Ovemnivitt,, connecting the frontier nt Qinttag 

 JUiiloi 1.2300 twt) with Kuala Lumpar. 



