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10,000 square miles ; population about 50,000, It is tra- 
versed by the longest and one of the most important rivers in 
the Peninsula, though too shallow to be navigable by any but 
small craft. 
Islands, — The Peninsula's northern seaboard has several 
small islands, and insular groups, which lie in clusters of innu- 
merable small islets, on both sides of the isthmus to the North. 
The coast further South is remarkably free from islands. The 
only ones of any consequence are Junk Ceylon (Ujong Sdlang), 
Lengk^TST and Penang (Ptnang), on the West side ; the 
Carimons (KSrfmon), Singapore (Smgapfira) , and the Bentan 
and Bulang Archipelagoes, at the South extremity; and on the 
East side, off the coast of Johor, some high peaks, of which 
Tiiiman and Tinggi are the largest, and a similar but less 
important group (the Great and Little Rfidangs) off Kelantan. 
The large island or peninsula, Tentllam, lies to the North 
of Sengg6ra, in a situation which corresponds to that of Junk 
Ceylon on the West coast 
Rivers.— Tht Peninsulars principal streams, following the 
coast from N. to S., areas follows: — between the Pakshan 
(the lower course of which separates the Peninsula from Tenas- 
serim in British Burma h) and the Rivers Mtida and Krian, 
there are none but small streams. The first large river is the 
Perak, with its chief tributaries — the Plus, Kinta, and Batang 
Pa dang. [The P^rak, on the West, and the Pahang, on the 
East slope, are the largest river basins in the Peninsula, each 
draining an area of 4,000 to 6,000 square miles.] The other 
chief streams are the Bemam, with as large a volume of water, 
but draining a less area; the Sel^ngor, the Klang and the 
