THE MALAY FENlNSCUL 



Guaranteed Mai&if States — 



Kelintan ) 

 Tringganu with Rumanian j EACT C0ASTf 



Subjoined is a brief account of the more important of these pro- 

 vinces ami States, many of which are under Siamese or Chinese rulers 

 who bear the Siamese title of '* Phya." The population, which is 

 estimated at about half a million, conaiatH mainly of ferimiu.'NC, CbEDcM) 

 and Sam- Sam* in the northern, ami Malays in the MOulherti districts. 



Era with Reaong,— The isthmus, forming the Northern Division 

 of Lower Siarn, lies between 12° — ty* N. lut., with art avenge breadth 

 of about GO miles. Near the centre on the north bank of the river 

 Pokahau is the town of Kra, whence it takes h» name* In the neigh- 

 bourhood coat is said to have recently been discovered, 



KenoTigt on fl °f chief places on the west coast, is a tin-pro- 

 ducing district, inhabited chiefly by Chinese, It is situated on the 

 south brink of tJie 11 l J akshan. Jointly with Trang it forms a feudatory 

 State under a Penang-born Chinaman, who takes the title of LiAJn. 



Puket or Junk Ceylon {Ij*tn.g ^VhWfy), a lnt-^i- s.slaod occupy- 

 ing a conspicuous position in fi'JL hit. nt the north-west elbow of 

 the Peninsula, is separated from the mainland by the narrow Papra 

 Strut, It is 40 miles long by 15 broad, and compriHes the two 

 hub-divisions of Talang and Tongkn, which formerly' belonged to 

 tin- ]•!■'.! i 'if Ki'dida, but are now administered by Siarn, The chief 

 place is Puket, on the sheltered east side, where the Siamese com- 

 misHioner usually resides. A large Chinese population is here 

 engaged in tin -mining, the produce of which is brought chiefly to 

 Penang in return for opium and piece-goods. Other exports arc 

 ediblo birds'-neats, beche-de-mer t and elephants' teeth. The stndt 

 •iu.| h i i l it i if Piipra arc uecussiiili; ;n spring 1i- h-s to ships drawing 

 20 feet of water. 



Kodak, the Portuguese Quedafi and Siamese is the only 

 Mnlay State tributary to Siatn on the west coast, It lies between 

 Trnng and Porak, stretching for 120 miles between 7°— 5* SO' N. 

 lat., and for 25 to 30 mi lea inland, with an estimated area of marly 

 4000 square miles, or probably 5000, including the adjacent inlands 

 of Lengkawd, Trutao, and a few entailer groups. It comprises three 

 provinces namt*d after the rivers Setfll to the north, iVrlis in the 

 centre, and Kedab to the south, The land is h»H« uioimiiduuUH than 

 most parts of the peninsula, the chief eminence being Jerei, or 

 Kedab Peak (4000 feet), and it is watered by 2& riven*, sis of which 

 urc considerable, hut all of them obstructed by bars at their mouth*. 

 Between the mainland and the kengkawi islands there is also an 



