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It is with Sungei Ujong that communication has hitherto "been best 
naaintained. Some part-s of Jelebu will probably b© found most accessible 
from Snugei Lui in S6h\ngor; and other parts may be more easily 
appro!u;hed from Malric*?a by nay of tlie valley of the lliv*M* Langkap, one 
of the Inad- waters <»f the Ulu 'vioar, which runs down the southmi f*ide 
of the iJrimimn towards TenU'hi. 
The geolo^^^y and physical geography of this State is alohp of any 
present consequence. What political importaure it possesses is derived 
from its position in tlie an^^le between the Protfctcd States of Sel4ogor 
and Snngei IJjong, nud From hnnj? on the Pahang watershed, ■ 
ffifiubi^fftiUf Products, ^fc—Thf^ popuktiou is at present extremely 
scanty, probably not 700, being less than two to the square mild. 
The only indnstry^ beyond the cnlfcivafeion of a little rice chiefly in 
the Klawiing vallc)?, is sonic tin-mining' carried on by 70.Ohinese at J^'lon- 
doug near the Trinng and close to the PenghCdn's place, Kwala Glimi. 
The tin-deposits lie on the Pahang side of the ctnintry, and are re- 
ported to be rich and easily worked, enabling the miners to make an 
average output of two hkntas a year each. 
The River Triang, of which the head- waters may almost be said to form 
the State of Jelcbn, \^ an important feeder of th<3 liiver Pahang, and both 
the main stream and its largest tributary (the KeuAboi) are foimd to be 
deep and navigable for most of the year. Paddy is thus imported easily 
and cheaply from Pahang. The tin-dcpnsitj; ia the Keinlboi, Jelondong, 
Kwilhi Gifimi, &c. are said to be nnnsualty rich. Once there is better com- 
municjition for its mineral exports through Snogei ITjong, there aeems 
good prospect of this small State Kot only being developed itself, but 
playing an important part in opening up Pahang; 
The State Im always been one of the Negri Seiubilan, ruled like 
the rest by an elective Dato* Penghuluj with a Yam T£ian whose only 
function seems to be to represent the hereditary and monarchical princi- 
ple. 
JOHOL. 
The old State of Johol included the whole of the country to the 
interior of Rerabau, Malacca and SegHmat^ containing the now separate 
States of Jelei or Inas, Sri Menanti or Ulu Moar, and Jempol. 
Tlie four Biltina, or aboriginal chiefs, were he of Klang, of Jclebn, of 
Sungei Ujong, and of Johol (now of Moar) under whom is the B^tin of 
Jelei. 
It is stated by the natives, and it seems probable, that the former 
boundaries of Johol were Mount Ophir {CMitong Lidang)^ and from there 
Rantau Pait* on the Moar a little above Kwfda PAlong (towards 
Johor), thence to L ft b ok ram pang on the Serting (towards Pahang) » 
thence to the Jelebu boundary at Jawi-Jliwi B^t^ub on the river Triang, 
The course of th« Hirer GSmai, in much the iftmc line, had, for mm^ jeor^ been 
Adopted. 
