A JOURNEY IN JOHORE. U9 



There are tin mines on the banks ol llie 

 Jo 1 1 ore civer. Several ot liers were lately dis^ 

 covered in tiie piece of ground wliich lies 

 between the two rivers of Muar mid Cas- 

 sang; and every one is aware of the consi- 

 derable quantity ol' gold wliich is extracted 

 every year irom tfie mines ofmount Opliir, 

 Ihougli worked without proper means and 

 by a tew persons only. 



Man\ of til e numerous rivers which open 

 botlt on the East and West coast would be 

 navigable to the centre ol the Peninsula, 

 if they were cleared from the fallen trees 

 by which they are obstructed, and the ex- 

 portation of the produce both of the culti- 

 vated ground and of the mines would be 

 thus rendered very easy. 



