THE MALAY PENINSULA, 



flui, tho Kendorong, ntid the Kfrrfring : and from tlic* onm?, the 

 Sungo and tho Temmgnn. From Kwulu KflnSring ta Bandar its 

 course is due suulli. ninl nil its inniri aflluetitn (low into i( from the 

 east. Such are the Plus, the Kinta at Kfita Lwiuiit, the DAUtTig 

 P&dnng. a ri4 1 Rjdur at LMirian SnhfUiiiig, and near ita est nary !hc 

 Bmall river Sangei Jaudarfita, which almost connect* the streams 

 of the I'tM-cik and BernaTn rivc.ru, beitl flowing parallel at no grout 

 distance from each other. The l erak empties itself into the Kt rails, 

 a few miles to the south of the Dinding?t F It has a wide ternary, 

 but here, u» in oilier rivers in the Peninsula, flludksw water on the 

 bar at the mouth impedes navigation. Tho principal places on this 

 river ure : — K6ta fcotiu, Teluk Anson, Durian HabaLnng, Bandar, KOra 

 Lfmiut, Bandar B!ifirn (the former Residency near the junction of 

 th<: Kir>La), Pfthni TIga, Lam boh, Bota, BLmja Ktr&hi Kanffmr (the 

 present Residency), Styong (the residence of II. H. tlie Regent), 

 K '.: i Lama, Chegar tialak, and Kuta Tampan. 



Tin is found almost, throughout tin- vnlW. but fa pjeate.?! quantity 

 near the east bank of tli« l^mk und in thu Kinta district. Thy Kmta 

 district includes tho territory wntened by the river of that name and its 

 tributaries. A Collector and Magistrate baa charge of it, and rvtiidcs tit 

 iCitu <2iij;ih on the Kinta i iv*-r. OtluT y]nr> s of importance in the district 

 tire Lahat. 1'apnn, Ipoh, I'tngkAlnn Pegu, KGta Bh&ru, lV?ngkahm liharu 

 (Sungci Bay), Uupeng (a large Chinese mining settlement), Kaiupar, aad 



OlhBnnfrfftng. 



The Bernam Basin. — The southernmost district of the state is 

 that of the river Rcrnnm, prohishly tho largest river, in regard to 

 vol nine o£ water, to bo found in the Peninsula. It is nbout two 

 miles wide nt the month, and navigable for large steamers for many 

 milt*. Though draining a very different district, its mouth is less 

 than twenty miles from that of the Perak. 



Proceeding np the rVmam, almost i[ -a-i, iUe »die>F pLi^rs itbnmrh 



1HH31 i>f lln.'ir: .in of my Kim.) are >VfforA t about 20 miles from I an mouth ; 

 Tcltjk Ku't'di > about 73 miles from the fmm, where the river h si ill 

 ahout 120 yard* wide and vory d«p; CJhnu<fkai /fcrfowi, aft mill's by rivaT 

 from the a small rising ground planted with durinn trefw, nm\ occu- 

 pied by a colony or * lew Malays. Above this npot stretches nu immense 

 oxpaii-'w of unhmlthy swampy country for miles an both ititoi of the 

 river. Through thiss^'amp the Ben jam windt* down from G&ht «r;«», ill 

 mites by river from the sea, where the land ngnin becomes higher. A 

 s^rifla of comiilH or cttttinK*, Hhorteniug the nnvjgaflon of the river, and 

 making it Available for steam dmineht H, liavp recently been made from this 

 point, through the Changkat Bfrtain &wamp. ThJ di&tanee for boats is, 

 it ht eornputi'd, thmt red need from 111 to about fiO milea. 



A'irtf/rt Stim, a^iout 130 miles up the river, was formerly the principal 

 station and the Collectorate of the diatrirt. It is situated "at the bifuri^- 

 tioa &f tho tiisili utrwiUp where it diviJua mio Iwo bmctehira of aim Liar .ph* 



