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will be found plenty to amuse, educate and interest 
him. The roads throughout the Peninsula are uni- 
formly excellent, and the temperature and scenery 
make motoring a real pleasure. 
THE ROADS OF MALAYA. 
Malayan Roads are of recent growth and started 
from very small beginnings, viz., tracks cut through 
virgin jungle connecting administrative or mining 
centres with the rivers which in the early days 
were the only means of communication with the 
outer world. 
As the prosperity of the country increased and 
the necessity for adequate communication became 
more urgent, these tracks gave place to bridle paths 
and bridle paths to metalled cart roads. 
The first cart road of any importance in the 
Federated Malay States was constructed by the 
Royal Engineers between Matang (then a port) and 
Larut (Taiping) an important tin mining centre, 
during the Perak War in 1875. 
Subsequently, as each State of the Federation 
came under British influence it worked out its own 
road system as and when necessity or opportunity 
presented itself. 
The whole country at this time was covered 
with virgin jungle and the problems presented to 
the engineer were not simple; he could not see 20 
yards in any direction without cutting his way; he 
had to keep his costs down to a minimum and his 
object was to provide an easy grade (1 in 40) for 
slow moving and heavily laden bullock carts; his 
was not to design broad motor roads with easy 
curves, nor had he to consider the necessity for 
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