Perak
a Malay state on the W. side of the peninsula of Malacca, under 1874; estimated area, 7,800 square miles.
The interior ranges up to 8,000 feet. The soil is fertile, and for the most part cov ered with luxuriant vegetation. Elephants, leopards, huge snakes, and deer swarm in the forests of the interior.
The soil produces rice, sugar, tobacco, coffee, tea, vanilla, and spices. But the principal production of the state is tin.
Lead also exists in great quantity. The PERCEPTION PERCY ANECDOTES capital is Kwala Kansar. Taiping and his bride. His son, RICHARD DE PERCY, Kinta are the principal tin mining towns. was one of the 25 barons who extorted There are over 70 miles of railway. Magna Charta from King John. His Pop. (1911) 494,057.