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The llirce river systems wliiela, as it has heen said, m&i'k the natural 
divisions of tlic Sitde, liave now to !)e described in turnj proceeding from 
the North. 
KrIan. 
Krmii is an agricultural district adjoining Province Wellesley, the 
seat of extensive sugur and rice cuitivatioii. This district lias a large 
Malay population, consistinij principally of settlers from Penaug^ Pro- 
vince Wclltv^loy and K^dah. A good many Chinese and Tamil planters 
have recently settled there. 
Sehtma, 70 miles up the Krian river, on a large tributary of that name, 
fortus a tin-mining settlcmcntj which a few years ago was more flourish- 
ing than at present. It is s>ituated near the principal bifui'eijtiun of the 
Kriaii. There is a colony of Sumatrun Malays at Sclflma, and some 
Chiunse miners. 
Perak. 
The Pcrak may be considercfl the larg*^st and certainly the most ira- 
portimt rivers tui the West of the Peninsula. It drains not only the 
extensive valley of the State to which it gives its name, but also receives 
the drainage of the considerable Kinta district, comprising together at 
least half the area of tin: State. It is navigable fur steamers as far as 
Teluk AiKson, the capital of Lower Pcrak, Its source is said to lie in 
the frontier mountain Jauihul Morak, from which the Tt'lopin aiidPatani 
also take their ri-<e- Its whole length is abaut 2oO miles. At first it 
flows down in a south-westerly direction towards the sea, receiving, 
from the West, the Rui, the Ki'mlrong, and the Keaering; and from the 
East, the Sengo and the Tcmangan. From Kwula Kenering its course is 
due South All its main alHiicnts from this point How into it from 
the East, vi/., the Pins, the Kinta, the Bjitang Padangj and near its 
estuiiiy the pmall river Simgei Jaudai-Ata, which almost connects the 
streams of the IVrak and Bcnuim rivers, here flowing parallel at no great 
distance from each other. 'Hie Perak empties itself iiito the straits, a few 
milestothi.' Soutli of the Diridiugs. It hu;* a wid;.' e.stnary , but here, a in 
other rivers in the Peuinsinhi. shallow water on the bar at the montli im- 
pedes navigation, 'l ire prineipal idaecs on this river are : — Kola Stia, 
Tvluk Anson, Durian SabAtang, Bandar, KAta Lunuit, Bnndar Bhani 
ftlic former Ueiiidency near thn junction of the Kinta), Pnlau Tiga, 
Lamhoh, Botn, Blanja, Kwtihi Juinf/sar (the present Kcsidency), Sayong 
(the residence of U. 11, the Kegent), Kota Lama, Chigar Galak^ and 
Kota Tampan. 
Tin is found almost thronghont the valley » bnfc in greatest quantity 
near the luist hank of the Ph'nk iind in l!u^ Kinta district. The Kinta 
district includes the territory watered by the river of that name and its 
trihutarics. A Ctdleetm' ami Magistrate luis charge of it, and resides at 
BAtu (ifijah on the Kinta river. Uther places of importanee in the dis- 
trict arc Lahat; Papan, Ipoh, Pengkalen Pegu, KAta Bhrira. Pengksllen 
