THE MALAY PENIJISULA. 



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past, included Krinaman, which lies to the south along; the coast of 

 tlic Gulf of Sinni. lis I'oastdhm extends along the Gulf of Si am 

 fur AO milns, and is bounded on the south and west hy the 

 principality of 1'ahang, and on the north ami north-east hy that 

 of K^lantan, The river Remit is its boundary with KelnntATi, and 

 the. river Che rating; with Pabang. To the interior, the high ranges 

 forming the east boundary of Pahang totm a natural frontier, but 

 lii ■ kmndary is believed to bo otherwise quite undefined. Of its 

 Area nothing eprtain is known ; nearly the whole country in one 

 continuous jungle,, with less development either of its minerals or 

 itK couiMierce, than perhaps any other of the Malay Staten. The 

 inliiLhit;uitH c-ousittl alniust entirely of Malaya mid some wild tribes, 

 with a very few Chinese, who carry on the little that is now dom.- in 

 tho way u£ trade or mining-. The total population of the State was 

 computed at 37,500 in 1856, Of this number, the town of Tnsnggfiuu, 

 siiuated in tho northern part of the State, Dearth? mouth of a not 

 very largo river t latitude 5" 25' N., longitude 103 d J3., was 

 then estimated to contain from 15,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, or 

 more than half of the population of the State, A moat destructive 

 fire toot place in August 1883, which is said to have destroyed 

 nearly 2000 habitations. The place is hut little visited, and the 

 small quantity of gold and tin produced come, it in said, from tho 

 Pnhang mountain);, which are not so far removed from the coast at 

 this point. Thin State is claimed as one of the hereditary tribui.irii'H 

 of Riam. but has always resisted to the utmost the Assumption of 

 any niithnrity by tho Siamese, the population being almost entirely 

 Malmniedan and Malayan, A 11 gold flower" is sent periodically to 

 Bangkok, through Sengg6ra T in token of its nominal dependence, 

 but it ha* a treaty right to independent and unrestricted trade- with 

 the British. 



KrmAmtn {river and district) was, neeordiug to Malay tradition, 

 formerly a province of iVdinng, and., en this ground, Alii I cmlsM iK,|f 

 fn-i" fnnn i-wu numhinl allegiance to Aram. Thin rwognition is, however* 

 idnitted hy Trvngganu, with which country Keuiam&n geeina to be DOW 

 jwditte.nllv iijeor|M)rjitfd. It Li a place of no importance, lying fflldwiy 

 between I'nhang ntnl Tn-tigu;;tuU H Tin? town is «mly :i iiLile'oi Lwn fioiii 

 the. month of the river ef the same name, hi lat. 4 a 15 r Sf« It is a 

 wit lament of mcidi-rn origin, and probably owl-s its existence to the tin 

 mines, discovered early in the century, in the neighbourhood. Tin? distrirt 

 is Hcarrely 1000 nqtiaro uitlnn in arcn i ami ht, or until reeently wan, under 

 iJie direct control at a scpAratc chief, undiir Trenggnmi, its population 

 w«n estimated in 1.R39 at 100ft Midnys and QMpW i ft produces tin, a 

 liith* floMf camphor, ebony, 4fc According to a Mr, Sledhurst, ffbo 

 vrsii-rd tin- I'Lii.-.' i-i 1<2<, K' !ii.'uii:in ut fir-*. yU-hh-d :l ••-»tiL^]«b*r:tl«!<> revenue 

 to tbe Sultan of Trwnggarru, but afterward* the minus failed, and tho 



