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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 311 Negri Sembilan (" the Niue States "), a confederacy of small Malay States under British protection and administration between Malacca and Sungei Ujong. Ophir, Mount, in Malacca. Pachim, a town on the Bangpakong river in Siam, capital of the district. Pahang, a large Malay State on the east of the Peninsula, protected and administered by England. Capital, Pekan. Pailin, a mining centre in the Battambong province of Siam. Pakchom, a village in Siam on tbe Korat side of the Dong Phya Fai. Paknam Kabin, that part of Kabin where the two chief affluents of the Bangpakong meet. Paknam Menam, a village near the mouth of the Menam. Pakpreo, a village in Siam between Ayuthia and the Dong Phya Fai. Passir Hitam, in Perak. Patriew, a town on the Bangpakong river in Siam : great trade in rice. Pekan, the capital of Pahang. Penang, or Prince of Wales' Island, an island, the second in importance of the five " Straits Settlements." Capital, Georgetown. Perak (pronounced Pera), a large Malay State on the west of the Peninsula, protected and administered by England. Capital, Taiping. Petchaburi, a town in Siam. Phrabat, a shrine in Siam. Piah River, in Upper Perak. P'ngkalan Repoh, in Johore. Poongah, or Pungah, in Junkceylon. Prachai, between Ayuthia and Korat in Siam. Pramau, in Pahang. Pulo Panjang, Gulf of Siam ; an island which I have not identified, mentioned by W . L. Sclater (Cat. M a m m . India Mus. ii. p. 20). Pulo Tawar, a place which I have not identified, mentioned by Eidley (J. S. B. E. A. S. no. 25,1894, p. 58). Pulo Tikus, a village in Penang, also a small islet lying off Penang. Pulo Tioman, a large mountainous island lying off the east coast of the Peninsula, latitude 2° 50' N. Pulo Ubin, an island between Singapore and Johore. Purlis, or Perlis, a small Malay State on the west coast of the Peninsula, tributary to Kedah. Raheng, a town in Siam. Rantan Panjang, in Selangor. Ratburee, a town in Siam. Salanga, Junkceylon. Selangor, a Malay State on the west of the Peninsula, protected and administered by England. Capital, Kuala Lumpor. Sembrong, a river in Johore, flowing into the Straits of Malacca near Batu Pahat. Serendah, near Kuala Lumpor, Selangor. 21* |