so 
cofttt, generall? at about 25 miles di stance. The State of Pahang, apart 
from these islands, is almost identical with the basin of tlie river of 
the same name, in an even greater degree than is the case with Pfirak. 
This river is shallow and, therefore, not the largest in volume j yet^ as 
regards its position in tbe very centre of the Malay Peninsula, and the 
extent of country it drains— from 3*^ to 5° North—the River Piihang lUiiy 
fairly be considered the principal stream in the whole Peninsula. 
Piihang is, in many respects, the least known, geographically and 
otherwise, of all the Malay States, and it offers a most interesting field 
for exploration. The country is at once that which has the liighcat 
mountains, and the widest extent of lakes and marshes. 
Mountmns, Sfc. — The highest snrarait in the Peninsula is belieTcd to 
be Gunong Tahan,^ wliicb has not been ascended, or even seen by Euro- 
peans except at a great distance, but which, it is almost certain, 
reaches a height of between 10,000 and 12,000 feet. This is the 
highest point of a range M'hich is tbe real back-bone or central 
chain of the Peninsula at its widest point. It u situated to the East of the 
upper waters of the River Pahang, and can probably be best reached from 
the Ulu Tf?mliug (or Tenihefmng] , a feeder of the Pahang, near Ji^lei. 
The geological formation of the hills consi.sts, so Ear as is known, of gra- 
nite, sandstone, shale, and clay. Some of the islands, as Tioman and 
Tinggi, couiiist partly or entirely of trap rock. 
The next highest summit is to he found on the opposite side of the 
Pahang valley, in the neighbourhood of (xunong Itstja, near the yelilngor 
boundary. Other high hills are found in the eastern chain, from which 
flows the River Chelating (tailed the Sorting near it.s source), the 
Tringgiiuu river Ddtigiht, and the KL-luntan river Lebi/t ; and in the 
Bertangga hilis, further Sjouth, on the right bank of the river Pahang, 
which is believed to supply the Gh^no Lakes, There is, still further South, 
another high hill from whicli the Kumpeu flows — Gfiuong Gayong. 
The Chmo lakes, and tbe others in the neighbourliootl, as, in fact, 
the water system of the country generally, are peculiar to Pahang. 
The Pahang River drains a great length of country, as explained 
above, and, in its course, receives important feedei"S from the nioi^t 
opposite directions — from the mountains to the North, the South, and ttie 
West. Tbe lower part of the stream, below Kwala Bcrii, flows fornenrly 
100 miles due East, through a very flat and marshy country. The river 
and its feeders here become wide and shallow, opening out into spaces 
like small lakes. The country between Pahang and llumpen is particularly 
level, and the three main tributaries from that region — the Beril, the 
Cb^no, and the ChL'ni— are all noted for such lakes. That of the 
Beril is the largest sheet of iiiland \vater in the Pt n insula, but its shores, 
like the Cheui", arc only inhabited by Sakei. The Cheno lakes, on the 
contrary, are inhabited by ilalays. 
The shallowness of tbe Pahang makes it navigable for small craft only, 
except in the wet season ; and this feature is reproduced in the other 
• It is said to be SO milcB from ,T^lei, and i*> probably ^omewh»t forthor North tii&n it 
ai^won im the Steaitfi Asiatic Sociflty's map. 
