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northward attaiua an altitude of betweeu 3,000 and 4,000 feet ; the 
State lies mainly on the North bank of the river Jjmg^\. Sungei Ujong 
suffered for many veajw from the Selingor disturbances, and others of its 
own, which owed their origin to the same cause— to quarrels over the 
tin-royalties. Bui Sungei Ujoug {las always been, especially since the 
develojimcnt of its mines, the leiiding State of the Negri Sembilan. 
The Linggi River^ its one lar^^e stream (the highway to SungeiUjong 
and much of l{6inbaii) had, in 1873. been rendered impassable by conetant 
border fights between these two States. After repeated complaints on the 
part of British subjects in ilalacca of the violence and extortion that put a 
stop to all tratfic on tlie River LioETg^i, Sir Anduhw Clarkk, Governor in 
1874, went personally to Sempang on the Linggi llivcr. and re-opened 
trade and suppressed disturbance, A Residency was established in Sun- 
gci Ujong shortly after, to prevent furthc^r disturbance* and to protect 
the large number of Cliinese miners workings there. 
The niountaius of Sungei Ujong approach the sea more nearly than 
those of Schingor, the interval bein^, howeverj even more uncleared and 
swampy than in the northern State. In former times, Sungei Ujong seems 
to have been a wholly inland State^ but since Residents have been stationed 
in ScUUigor and Sungci Fjong, the frontier line between them has 
been modified ; and now the river Lukut and district, formerly renowned 
for its tin. but since I860 almost deserted, are included in Sungei Ujong, 
thus giving it 20 miles of coast, between Sungei Nipah and Kwfifa 
Linggi. 
The tiu workings, and the most inhabited portion of this small State, 
lie in a sort of semicircular valley, between the hills Brim bun (4,000 feet), 
in which the Linggi rises, ami Taugga (1,800 ject), the J<?lebu boundary, 
and Perhintitin Rimpnn {2,000 feet), at the Sclangor boundary.. Mount 
Brimbun is, in some respects, the key to this State, and, it may be said, 
to the whole of this part of the country. On the South side of this 
mountain flows the Moar, and on the East a feeder of the Pahang — 
River Trii^ng. 
Through a gap called Bukit Putns, between this mountain and 
Gunong Angsi, to the South, is a pass leading to Sri Menanti and the 
other Ts^gri Sembilan Statea. 
Popuhtlon, Products, ^c. — The Malay population is almost entirely 
agncultural, and is mostly found near the mountains, as at Pantei. The 
whole population is probably below 14,000 souls. Sungei Ujong has abun- 
dance of water^ and its land is considered suitable for the cultivation of 
coffee, cocoa^ ci'^chona, &c,, which are being grown both on the hills 
and plains. On the lower ground, tapioca is now largely cultivated. Tin 
mining is still carried on to a considerable extent by the Chinese at 
Ampangan, nf^ the Residency, and its neighbourhood. These Chinese 
miners in Sungei Ujong, as in Lfirut, have been the real sinews and 
wealth-produciug power of the country. 
A road now connects Scremban with P^ngkAlaa Kompas, the newly- 
opened port near the mouth of the Linggi, and there is regular com- 
munication by eteam-launcL between MetlaccA and the Linggi. Not iwc 
