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EAST El IN GEOGRAPHY. 



Sungei Cjong and the vnllcy of the river Puhang, having SeEngor 

 to the north and Jfmpol to the south. The country is a aucccsflion 

 vt narrow valleys between hills of no great height, escept in the 

 south, where they culminate towards Gthmng Berembun. These 

 hillfl are the smirceH uf many ut the principal rivers on both aides 

 of the Peninsula — the Linggi and llie Moar flowing to the went, 



and tin- S-rLing urA TiJ.iu.ij Tu the'enst. ln»ih f ItTH of [In- I\di wig. 



GSuting Pireh ia the boundary towards SSlfingor. It is about 23 

 milert from Clu Langat, and not far from the mining aettkmont at 

 SiiiigoE Lui. Dakit Xeiggi <1800 feet), it the head of <he Rhlwatig 

 valley, lies between Jelcbu and Sung i Cjong, and deserves notice 

 hh the farthest western point of the eaat coast watershed. Jawi- 

 JAwi UC'tanK on t!h< Trnmg, is chdioed by Jel&bu aa the cuatern 

 boundary towards Pahaug, but this lias still to be settled. Mean- 

 while Sungei Dua haa been adopted (1KH4) as the pro visional 

 boundary. At the point where SClaugor, Sungei Ojong, and •IMr-bii 

 meet is the bill Perlwntkat Rimj/nn, aaid to be so named from 

 the assembly (Uerhimpun) of the Chiefs of the old "Foot 

 States." 



Hitherto communication has Iwen maititaiiml chiefly with Sungei I J 'J'L', 

 a bridle-path comtaetiiig JicreiulKftn with >b;]ourlong, centre of the mining 

 districts, Lottie parts of Jclobu will probably lie found most accessible 

 I Y' 1 1 Li Suutn'i Lui in Seli'iu^or, s'lliiV otln'ni may bit inniM rtudly appuiUL'ht'i] 

 from Ualaci-a by way 01 the vultcy of thu Lautfkup, om- <j F Ut-. In i>]. 

 w.it.' rs of tli.i T'Li Mi.ir. which rims <\,>;y\\ tin- southern si'b' of the 

 Tt.Ti-uil.iiii hmur.U T..Tuoht. Tltu Kcolojgf and physical geography of this 

 state alow are of any pi-uncut continence, 



Tlu- i u 1 1 >" industry, Loyoinl tin; mllivjitioii of .i liltln rkrj rliii-tjy in the 

 Kluwang valley, is somu titi-minint; carried on by Chinese at .Kdondong, 

 near the Triang and clow to i he iVngbulu 1 * place. Kwala Glaini. TLj 

 tin-deposits Kb on the Pahaiig side, and are said to lie easily worked. 



The Trianj?, of which the head- waters may almost be said to form the 

 State of tRQSbu, is an important finder or the Pahang, and both the main 

 stream and it* largest irihutary (the Ki-nfdan) are deep and uavigidjli; for 

 most of the year, Uhe in thus imported easily from l'abatig. 1'ho tin- 

 deposits iti Ki'iiiihui, Jelnndnug, and Kwala (ilstini, aro unusually rich. 



Tln» State has always hum one. of the NGgri Seinbilau, ruk-d like tin? 

 r*-"t Ky an ilei-liw Jut.i' h n^hnlu, wjifj n Tij:iti wIium- only JuiKtiim 

 mquu to be to represent the hereditoiy ami motiatehicjil principle. A 

 Collector and a small dt'taolmieut of Sungid Ljoug poiiee havo recently 

 1-, iai i-nuHidu-.l ;ti -f. luii'inii^ 



Johol } which formerly included the whole country to the interior 

 of lieuibim, .Mahicca t and Segainat, now broken up into the 

 separate Stales of Jrlei or lnay, Sri Mt"njnni 1 nnd JeinpuL 



The Cunr B.ltins, or aboriginal chiefs, were those of Klang, 

 Jflebu, Sungei Ujot'g, mid Johol (fiee p. 31)* 



