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liiombratirr. Farmerjy iuiporUiit 

 fsuiporiuin iiiid a furiitied tityj tu^day 

 it y tntiiiiaijtled aod Ustiudcisrcdiu^ed 

 to little or nothing : hardl}' two or 

 tljfce Europcar* vessels anclior yearly 

 in it^ liarbour* 



The seuond Englisii settlement lu 

 tlie iitraitfl of Malact^a, is that of the 

 Istlarid of the Prince of Wales fi;eiie- 

 raliy called Pub Pinang or the Ulund 

 uf ArccRj which posscHi^es a mngnitl* 

 cieiit harbour. Besides Jtliis isilaiid, 

 the English have the .mnal] islaiui of 

 lUm Kaw'an aod Province Welleslcy 

 Oil the tontinettt. This ^*^ovltu^e ex- 

 tends from Quatiah Mudab in the 

 North to Qualiah Prye in the ^outh, 

 it is covered witli Kugarcane and Ta- 

 pioca plautations. The East India 

 Company purchaised Palo Piiiang of 

 the Raj all of Qucdahj In l/BGaud Pro- 

 vince Wcllesley in I, BOO for an annual 

 peasiou of ,$10^0U0 to he paid to His 

 Highness. 



The third Settlement^ which ia the 

 mo>it recent and important oftUe tiLrce^ 

 is that of Singapore. Thi;^ isSund, 

 ivhich i& considered to Imve bten the 

 seat of a colony of Malays, emigrating 

 from Meuaiiglcalou in the tweltli ceo- 

 lury, t3 called hy the natives Siugapura 

 (a port of oalUng) or selat (straits)* 

 The i>ul!an of thi» Island ceded it to 

 the Engliab iu 131S ; and they have 

 founded on it a settlement which hm 

 prown as if it u'ct'c by crjchanlmenir 



