1 2-2 A JOURN'El IN JOHORE, 



lands called Pido Kmju Amk Kechil and Ai/o 

 Kmju Anak Besar are passed, it is from two to 

 tliree hundred yards wide; but, after that, 

 it rapidly narrows, so tliat, a few iiiiJes 

 furtfierup, at the junction of the small ri- 

 ver Kamaiig, it is no more than liiirty yards. 

 It then diminishes very little in breadth 

 tiii Menkao, where 1 found it twcnty-llvH 

 feet, and a few miles after only ten. It is to 

 be remarked that this river, as well as se- 

 veral otfier rivers of the Peninsula wliich 1 

 have visited, do not become shallow in pro- 

 portion as they become narrow ; as 1 found 

 fifteen feet of water at Menkao, wliere the 

 river is no more than tw enty-five feet broad. 

 Thus Joliore might be considered as navi- 

 gable even for boats of considerable size 

 until near its source, if it could be cleared 

 of the trees by which it is obstructed. 1 re- 

 marked that the jungle which covers both 

 banks of the river abounds in rattans, 

 chiefly in the upper pari; there is also 



