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a^l]3tit^a more populous and cultivated aiiiinar- 

 aTirc : cocoa-paluis alxjuudnl tlic Ix-acli ; 

 thatched houses of the natives were uuuierous, aud 

 canoes and larger boats were busily fishing ; the 

 TvtiC3& ^ts^^i^ 0f He eoaat wa« animated and pictu- 

 resque. From llgji:fc"*itlds Jiud enliu-. and -trong 

 ad\ erse eurreuts, we were ofteu fjbliiied lojnielior 

 and did unt reaeli the anehora*;"e oti'tlu- \ ilhi<4t' n\' 

 Pedir uutil the ai'teruoou of the suhsetpient day 

 (thelM;<)fJialy)> 



Tlie Biifaiation of ^^ Pedif ** is m €Xteosive> fer- 

 tile flat, iutersperscd with low verdant MIIb, 

 and the distance terminatiuc^ in lolty mountains, 

 covered most profusely with vegetation. The 



to ihjg easli^^^ im hm mmi Eurapeanj? 

 tbe "Pedir Coast") is steatei»:Shoi't distance u]) 

 a small aud unrrow river: the residence of the 

 rajah, and a portion of the village, could be dis- 

 tinguished {sm^m the shipping iu the Tp^dstead. 

 The plain ATOiagh ishieh ih& i^ver fiomj. and 

 upon th<^ iKuiks of wliicli the village of Pedir is 

 situated, is an exteusive flat, or, for the umst 

 part , a series of marshes ahomuling in rice phuUa- 

 lions, and extending to some distance inland, 

 apparently immklBi^d hy a jiiiigle and 



ranges o£ mmiititdits towering; oue jdiove tlie 

 0tlier ; to tb« westward it becomtis liilly , trend- 



