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Paliang and Tringgftnu. The town is oalj a mile or two from the motith of 
the river of the same namCj in lat. 4° 15' North. It is a settlemeDt of mo* 
dern ongiiij and probably owes its existence to the tin-mines, discovered 
early in the centmy in tJie neighbourhood. The district is scarcely 1^000 
square miles in area : and is, or nntil recently waa, nnder the direct control 
of a separate chief, nnder Trhiggaun. Its population was est i^nated in 
1839 at 1,000 Malays and Chinese. It produces tin, a little gold, camphor, 
ebony, &c. Accord iug to a Mr. Medhitrst, who visited the place in 
1828, Kemuraan at first yielded a considerable revenue to the Sultan of 
Tringgfmn, but afterwards the mines failed, and the Cltioese dispersed. It 
is believtid to he scarcely more pros pen at the pi-csont time than it 
was in 1880, 
Between the Eivers Kem^man and Trln^jganu lie the smaller dis- 
tricts of PakOf Dihigim nnd Maratifff which, like Kemilman, are each un- 
der It chief, snhordinate to Trin^^giiuu. 
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CHAPTER IV- 
SOUTHERN (BRITISH) DIVISION Qf TKE PENINSULA. 
The British Section of the Peninsula, as distinguished 
from the northern portion under Siamese influence, is merely 
a political division, and has nothing to do with any physical 
or other natural boundary. The two sections have never 
been delimited, and in the interior no precise boundaries can 
possibly exist. The line is approximately as given on page 
6, and runs with the southern boundaries, whatever they may 
be, of Kedah, Reman and Tringg^nu, The northern limits 
of the Malay race, however, lie considerably to, the North 
of any such line ; and the administrative interference of Siam 
is throughout very slight, and, as mentioned in the last 
