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JUNK CEYLON.— Further South is situated tlie island of Junk 
Ceylon, or Ujong S&Ung (kuowni to the Siamese as Ptth-ff], with 
its two divisions of Talaug and Tongka, which lies to the South 
o£ the islands of the Mergui Arcliipclago, in latitude S° North, 
long-itude 1)6° East^ and occupies a conspicuous position at the 
North- West elbow of the Peninsula. It i.s separated from the Conti- 
nent by Papra Strait ; and is 40 miles in length by 15 in breatlth. It for- 
merly belong^ed to the Efija of Kedahj but it has of late years been 
administered by the Siamese. The principal place is Pukct on the 
sheltered East side of the country, where the Siamese Commissioner 
usually resides. A large Chinese population is here engaged in tin- 
mining; the product of wliieh is, for the most part, brought to Penang, 
On the North of the island is tlic strait and harbour called Papra, which 
may be entered at spring tides by ships drawing 20 feet water. From 
Penung are imported opium and [ilece-goods, and in return are sent 
tin, edible birds' nests, hcchc-de-mer and elcphiints' teeth. Junk Ceylon 
enjoys a good climate. The Dutch whcii paramount at Malacca, in the 
seventeen til century, had a trading station here. 
EAST COAST. 
LIGOB (Legor) is called in Siamese Laklina. It is the principal 
Siamese Province in this part of the isthmus, and was founded four 
centuries ago by the King of Ayuthia. It has about 1'J0.(X)0 souls, of 
whom nearly three-fourths arc Siamese. Tts chief to^ra is Ligor, situated 
on the northern side of Lakhon Bight, about latitude 8^ 17' North and 
longitude 100° 12' East. The Governor or^Chow Phya of Ligor has 
extensive authority, with the power of capital punishment. 
SfiNGGOEA (Song Kla) is the name of the most southerly pro- 
vince of this northern section, and consequently that which borders on 
the Malayan States of the Peninsida; and it ia through the Chinese 
Governor of Senggura that the King of Siam has hitherto exercised occa- 
sional interference with his Malayan tributaries. Its capital is on the East 
coast, in the shelter of Ttntalam Island. This is a large flat island, l>ing 
along the coast, with good pasturage and padi cultivation. Behind is a 
remarkable deep inland channel, of sweet wat^-r, into which the TeMng 
(Pateliing) flowi< from the Kao Luang (chief mountains). 
Inland o£ this thanucl lie the small and quasi-independent Sam-Sam 
States of Pat&lAng and Plean, under a Chinese Rilja. 
During the North-East monsoon there is hltle or no communica- 
tion between the southern provinces of Siara and the capital, as the 
coast is a complete lee shore. 
From Senggura tJierc is no hiud passage to Bangkok ; but a road 
was made in the opposite direction, across the Peninsula to Kedah, in 
1871, at the time of the King of Siam-'s visit to the Straits. 
