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the road mere difficult than on the:greceding der_
Rocks piled on rocks in sublime conftien, roaring
cataract., and slippery preCipices, were niter to be
iurnrounted. Nothing could be More roidatitie
and wild than the course see bed to miss; and ere
we had reached the small station of Palo Chet/ads.
obout noon, we were completely wearied. out. At
this place we had directed that a small hut ahould
be erected, where we might past the night ; hippo
to our mortification, we found that the party who
had received there orders had proceeded further on.
and krt us to follow them to • more convenient
resting place. raid to be distant about five hours'
walk. It was too late to remedy the evil ; for even
had we beef) .ble to keep out the rain; which now
began to fall, we could not have rettunited: not
only our bedding and clothes, but the cook, with
all our eatables and drinkables, had also gone
E-head. We were therefore compelled to follow ;
and after resting about ap hour, we again set out.
From this place ere quitted the bed of the river.
mad amended an extremely steep mountain (Gu-
nung Kinglet, the summit of which we reached with
great difficulty at twenty minutes past four. Here
the thermometer was 63 degrees, the weather close
and rainy; estimated height by the barometer
5,260 feet ; vegetation stunted, and the trees co-
vered with Mat.. From the summit, our descent
to the eastward was more gradual, but for the first
hour principally through • Very narrow channel of
about two feet wide, and sometimes four or five feet
deep, apparently cut as a puthw4, but more cal-
culated for a water course, which, in fact, it had
become, the water being in most places more than
ankle deep. We continued descending till dark,
when it was with danger we could grope our way for
a few yards. The night was extremely dark. Wir
were in the centre of a deep forest, through which
the cAiiikling of a star could nut he seen t ono' aril
side of us were steep precipices. of several hundred
feet. We had no one with us who knew the road; it
was not possible to distinguish it either by sight
or touch ; and in this miserable plight, without any
thing to eat or drink (fur we thought with Sancho.
that this was the worst part of the affair), and not
knowing how far we had t 6 go—about seven it
began to ruin pretty heavily. We then fired two
or three guns, in the hope that the party a-head
would bear us, and sent off the boldest of our fol-
lowers in search of a light. During the next boor
we were continually tantalized by the appearance
of lights, which receded socu after they had ap-
proached, and proved to be only the evariesecor
glare of the fire-fly. At last u stemly light was
reen at some (listener., throngh the depth of the
forest; a distant halloo answered our WI. sod Iv..
were soon relieved from our suaieiy. IVith this
assistance we reached our destin tenni at half-pa,t
eight ; hut many of Our party did not arrive ,iii
midnight ; and several, giving way to despair, *std.
the night to the forest.
Between the toll post we had left and Palo Clip-
ped., we suddenly comedown upon a small valley.
about a mile in length, clear Of foro.t, and coverer,
with grass alone ; along which • beautiful streatb
meandered on • fine bed of pebbles. This was re-
presented to us to have beet), but a few years sine.-.
the bed of a lake, one of the banks of which gave
way during an earthquake. Every appearauce cos.
roborated the story. o.ll* abode for the night
was on • detached hill, Bakit Batu, at the verge
of the forest, the Geelong Beo. or toll-post. o
wretched shed, wherein people of all ranks were
indiscriminately accommodated ; but in which we
found as substantial comfort as we could have de-
sired in a palace. Our distance, during this day of
fatigue, we estimated at not lea, than 510 miles; but
we all agreed that we could hale walked double
that distance on level ground and good road with,
less labour.

From an opening in the forest, about five p.
we had our first view of Gunung Berapi, the wevieter
peak emitting * volume of smoke. and bearing
N. by W. The estimated height of Bakit Situ.
by barometer, is 9,500 feet. The thermometer, at
daylight, (35. The toll-post here is under Gautiig
Cheri, one of the Tege Blas Conn, and terms to
be regulated on the some principle as that of Ayer
Maluntang, under Lymon Mann : each traveller
pays a certain sum, according to the goods lie cur-
ries; if cloths, iron, or gold, a wing; if sine,
or other inferior articles, a sand), or half wane.
They are well erupted for the general object intend-
ed, and atlurd evidence of the extent of the trcffic
carried on. We met several parties of traders
crossing the country towards I'mthing.
19th.—As we had now entered the limits of the
Tegi. Blas country, our further pro4ret.s depended
upon the good will of the chiefs, who are here ep-
tirely indepenuent of the European author.ty. It
was intimated to us, that we should arrive at Solt
&Leyte, the intended termination of our ',relent
day's journey, by eleven or twelve oThek; and
as we hecrscarcely move, erf from the best
fatigue, we resolved to breakfast hefii,e we mo‘ce.
NVlstle partaking of this areal, several of the chiefi
of the Tegi Bias country were eritiounced, sod a
party, who stated t hennelves to he t he representatives
of two-thirds of that country, was introduced. After
the usual complinskarts, they procecled to the
busitress of their visit; and bring informed of my
wish to proceed without delay, very quietly stated
that they had already taken the subject into
coorr-
dersttun,that they had been diacutsing it since day-
light, and had at last come to the resolotion, that
as there were only tyro-thirds of the chiefs, and the
other third had not arrived, they would come to no
decision st all ; but proposed, as an aceosnmodat
that I Oiould remain where 1 was for three day::
after winch, a final decision should be immediately
passed. This proputation 1, of course, treated very
lightly, and in a pew Gorda intimated my determi-
nation to proceed as abet' ar breakfast should be
over. While the chiefs were deliberating aro',
what answer they should make, the tomcat of the
remaining third was announced ; and the cenferesiee
, broke up, order that a general consultation
.1 might be held.

( To be cootioued )

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