UC A JODRSEY [H JOHORE. 



of the year covered with water in many 

 places. A majestic and solemn forest, which 

 extends itself over almost tlie whole of this 

 immense space » bounds continually the 

 view of the traveller, even when placed 

 upon the hills which are sometimes, though 

 seldom, met with. The gloom caused by 

 the thick foliage of lofty Irees, and the dull 

 silence of the place, often joined with the 

 humming murmur of rocky rivulets, pro- 

 duce the most melancholy imaginations, 

 while the sight of some old trees lidlen down 

 calls to the mind the end of every earthly 

 thing, and offers to the traveller an appro- 

 priate subject for philosophical meditation. 

 The birds, which, by their melodious lan- 

 guage, might raise his mind to some gay 

 and joyful reflections, are there in small 

 immher. The most numerous infialjitants 

 of I hat land are the wild beasts. Tlie pan- 

 tlier, falsely calh^d black tiger by tlie Malays^ 

 is one of tim most commf>n, Tlie royal (iger 



