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JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE EASTERN COAST 
AND ISLANDS OF JOHORE. 
The motives for undertaking this voyage, and the kindness of the 
honorable the Governor in enabling me to do so by placing one of 
the gunboats at my disposal for a month, have been mentioned in the 
introduction to my account of the Orang Binua of Johore.* The 
outline which w'as there given of the voyage, and the subsequent 
journey across the Peninsula, renders any further explanation un¬ 
necessary now T . The most interesting of my observations have been 
embodied in that paper, and in others on the basin of the river Sidili, 
Pulo Tingi, Pulo Tioman, the river Indau, the geography and geo¬ 
logy of Johore &c., most of which will be inserted from time to time 
in the Journal,f but as this portion of the Peninsula is hardly at all 
known, has never been described, and may not be soon visited again, 
the remainder of my notes, although of comparatively small value, 
may be here given in the form of a personal narrative, and much of 
them nearly in the same rough state in which they w r ere jotted down 
during the voyage and subsequent journey. 
SINGAPORE TO KWALLA SIDILI. 
8th. September , 1847-—We left Singapore on the morning of the 
Sth. Sept, and were off Tanjong Penyuso (Point Romania,) the south 
eastern extremity of the Peninsula, at 2 o’clock p. m. The scenery 
throughout the Strait is pleasing, although devoid of any striking fea¬ 
tures after w r e have got accustomed to its general character, and lost 
sight of the town of Singapore and the islands to the westward of if. 
As we leave the harbour, and proceed eastward towards Tanjong Ka- 
tong, one of the finest combinations which the wdiole Strait presents 
is given to view. At our side, on the left, is a low sandy beach, 
over which rises a green shrubby jungle. The line of the distant 
forest, marking the limit of the cultivated plain, is seen above 
this, with here and there a small clump of cocoanut trees. In 
front, the beach terminates in the thick mass of luxuriant cocoanuts 
at the point of Katong, off which the lines of fishing stakes appear 
faintly against the hazy horizon. This point hides all the coast to 
the eastward, and the opening between it and the distant island of 
* Ante, vol. i. p. 242. 
f That is if room can be obtained for them, which seems very doubtful. 
