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Langai un the South-west coast; the Linggi, the Moar, and 
the johor, of which the estuary faces Singapore. On the East 
side, there is the Endau, the Pahang with its large tributa- 
ries — the Bera, the Triang, the Jelei, &c.— the Kwantan, the 
Besut, the Kelantan with its large tributary the Lebih— and 
the Pat4ni. 
Mountains, ^Th^ highest mountains of the Peninsula are 
probably not yet discovered. Those known are ; — Kedah-Peak 
(Jerei), 3,894 feet ; Mount Titi Wangsa, 6,840 feet, between 
Kedah and P^rak ; Inas, in Kedah, 5,000 feet; Bubo, 5,650 
feet, and Ulu Temeling, 6^435 feet, near the right and left banks 
respectively of the P^rak river; the SHm range, 6,000 to 7,000 
feet, in South-east P6rak; Mount Robinson (Riam), about 
8,000 feet ;> Chimberas, 5,650 feel, in SelAngor; Berembun, 
about 4,000 feet, in Sungei Ujong; Mount Ophir (L^dang), 
4,200 feet, until recently supposed lo be the highest point in 
the Peninsula ; and Blumut, 3,200 feet, in the centre of 
southern Johor, and where the River Jphor takes its rise. 
CHAPTER II. 
INHABITANTS, PRODUCTS, GOVERNMENT. 
1 K H A B I T A T S . 
Eaces. — The inhabitants of tlie Peninsula, apart from the Chinese, 
Indians and other recent settlers, who now form nearly half its pop ala- 
tion and number at least 550,000, belong to three distinct stocks— the 
Thai (Siamese) numbering 150,000, the Malay .500,000, and the Negrito 
about 20,000. 
The Siamese of pure blood, and the Malayo-Siamese, or Sam-Sam, 
occupy the terntory from the isthmus to the confines of K§dah and Pat&nij 
or as far South as about 7*^ of Korth latitude. The pure Siamese^ to the 
North of latitude 8°^ are the same stock as in the rest of Siam, and, like other 
Siamese, are Buddhists, The mixed race of Sam-Sam are, on the other hand, 
