EASTERN GEOGIUPHY. 



QtlflfMW dispersed. It is believed to bo scarcely mora prosperous at Ilia 

 present tijjiL? than it WM ill 183&. 



DitWM fll lLlu (ffutt Keinaman and Trenggaiiu lie tlio smaller dint iii t-. 

 of Vakft, lJu)t[tu.?, .niil .U"rrtttfj, widely liko Kcmaiuau, am each under it 

 chief, subordinate to Tn-n^Liiiu. 



SOOTHERS OR BRITISH DlVlSlOX. 



The British, as distinguished from the Siamese section of the 

 PeniTiHiila, is a purely political division, corresponding with no 

 physical, ethnical, or other natural hi'HU'hry. The Uvn divi-i.ins 

 :. v M.-p:iratrd iiirh'ly hy mi arbitrary or conventional line drawn 

 fruhi Kr-iliili Prfik on the west coast to tlio north frontier of Paining, 

 and running with the southern boundaries whatever they may he, 

 of Kt'didi, I (f loat i nnd Trenggunu, But the northern limit* of the 

 M.d-iy race lie considerably to iho north of thin line, south of which 

 the administrative interference of Siatu is scarcely ut all permitted. 



The British division, whieh, L'xidudiug tin' St nits Seitli'im-nN. in 

 even more thinly peopled tiian the Siamese, com prises live distinct 

 political groups, as under : — 



1. Tli*' three proti.-ciud States of PiVak, Si~]:m<ror, arid Simgei 

 tjong, occupying the west const from KPdah to Malacca, 



2. The so-called " Negri Setuhilan " group of petty inland States 

 behind Jlnlaeca t 



3. Puhang, on the east coast, 



4. Johor, comprising the whole southern extremity. 

 6. The Urilinh colony of U*o Straits Settlement*. 



L THE THREE PROTECTED STATES. 



Tliis group completes the British Administration of the west coast 

 from Piuang to Jhilneea. It comprises the Malay States of Peru It. 

 Sclftngor, and Sungei I'jong, m tilting to importance in the order in 

 whiHi they here stand. 



Ffirak, — TliiH State stretches for nonrly 100 miles north ami 

 south between 5* 10'— 3* 15' NJut*, and 100 0 22'— 1U'2 J E. long., nnd 

 for probably a somewhat less distance inland, with an area approxi- 

 mately CHtitmiled by Mr. DcAne at 7900 square miles, excluding (he 

 disputed district beyond Bukit Naksa. It is bounded north by 

 Province Welloaley (Trans-Krtan district) from Sungei Muknu on 

 the coast to P&rit Bnnlnr, the boundary thence running to the source 

 of the Krlan river, which forms the frontier line towards Iv- lah. 

 Between the Tasek swamp or lake (the northernmost point at whirl i 



