the compilation of a School Geogmphy respecting Malaya, 
and more especially the Malay Peninsula, as to which the best 
reference " books afford but tittle precise information, and 
the Standard Works are, for the most part, out of date. 
This particular volume could, indeed, scarcely have been 
edited yet, but for the special impulse recently given to the 
Peninsula's exploration by Governor Sir F. A. Weld, both 
through his own journeys in the Peninsula and the interest 
in the work which he has encotiraged among others. 
Singapore, March, 1884. 
The Editor. 
