The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-01-04
THE VALE OF SINBAD.
5rRANoE VALLEY HIDDEN IN
THE ISLAND or JAVA.
once ~ Held q Nast TREASURE 80 sign
~ diamonds Nuw Deadly. iii.inE
Snake, Among the Rocks >mouidering
Noicanoe, Guard the valley.

ihr rrflhhlrr OF ages ago dropped the
world-rcnowncd Snbad the sailor
from the feet of his fabulous bird. has
ever been a subject Tor grave clniro.
vcrsy.
But the ancient mariner who con
iributcd to the Arabian Nights" the
startling story Of Sinbad's seven voy-
ages must surely have visited the
island Of Java. in the eastern archi.
pclago. and made Il the scene Of hi,
second adventure. Ample proof. Of
its locality exist In the anecdoic itself
The very tall tree by the scashorc
mp which the iursaicn sailor climbed.
the every deep valley surrounded ON
all sides with mountains Of great
height, 90 the air growing suddenly
dark, a. u ob-cured by great cloud.
the arrival OF the merchants in quest
Of precious stones. the enormnu.
scrpcnis. and even the colossal bird
Itself. allowing Tor poetic lircnsc. all
point 10 This place a, the source Of
the authors inspiration
Here the snakes seem almost big
enough to swallow an elephant vita
ease, aud condor. ur eagles which
prey on them could. bya little stretch
ing Of un oriental imagination bc
easily expanded into the prodirious
proportions OF the roe. Rinoccroscs
and elephants. mentioned Ia the nar-
ratiyc, siill iuhahit the island. and
the "truc whence camphor h cX-
tractcd" Il Of common growth.
This volcanic valley T. prosaically
known ~ the Bromo. Il II situated
IN the rosidcnry Of pusocrucwan. about
a days journey from the port OF that
name, on the river Gcmbong. which
flows into the straits 81 Madura. II IN
In the midst NJ range Of thirty-siN
lofty mountains, eleven AZ which are
active yolcauoe,, aud whose highest
peaks are Scmaroc and Muhamcru
Tho earlier part oi tho trip. over
the fertile plains around pasocro,wan.
through the tropical yet brac.ng at
mospherc, rcdolcni NJ the sweet Icr-
iume Of the mctati. the iavorii' flower
Of the Jayancsc, h a. delightful the
later horrors aro appalling. Wcll-kcpt
roads traverse the outer mountains. and
for hours the path Is surrounded by
coffee fields which perhaps are rightly
claimed 10 be- the richest Ia the world
These extend TO On altitude OF 5000
feet; then commences series of for.
osts and junglcs literally alive with
gayly cclorcf birds aud chattering -,s
black monkeys. Cnier the gigantic
palm frees aud the tall, waNSr,hg BAN.
boos. fully eighty feet In height. and
amid the rank anl prolific under.
growth, elephants and rhinocsri cru h
their way with laundering tread
while tigers, hart, and Wild swine
steelthily creep away AZ thc approach
Of human inirudors
After five hours climb cliff Il
reached, which affords superb retro
| spective panorama NJ the plains he.
meath, aud shortly after this the first
glimpse Of Slnbad's Valley Of Dia.
monds aud IL deadly surrounding
breaks upon the view. The Brumo
lies at the extreme cni Of n miniature
desert Of scorching sand. some three
or four miles In diameter. Around
this natural aroma rise wall. from
1000 10 LOO feet Ia height, ami
away beyond those majestic peaks of
the volcanic range In their heads inio
the bright blue. clOudle.s sky.
10 the light Il Somaroc, fully { 200
feet high, rising majcsiically from II
forsfi.coyorcd sides. with IT. lnp gray
pointed cone towering above all
Others. In symmetry aud shape II h
an ideal volcano. Seeming proud and
peaceful, but for the little whit, cloud
10 puts from its summit far into the
serene atmosphere every two or three
minutes and which tells Of the hcllisll
fires raging In IT. bosom.
10 the left. toward the Probol,ngo
province, or Presidency r. a monster
mountain. which bclches forth Tire.
lava aud rocks continually. Thi,
| demon l. u source OF constant danger.
On june 10, 1867. II first developed IL.
malignant nature and commenced "a
shed death and destruction on all the
country round, On that occasion
simultaneously with terrible earth
quake, Il burst It's brow AMI hecamo
the horror and perpetual apprchcns. on
Of the inhabitants, The Buddhist
guidos cannot BE- prevailed upon 1,
yisit the vicinity, Even the bromo
which l. an extinct crater. they ap.
pronch In fear ana trembling.
When the visitor has descended III,
almost perpendicular rocks, which al
height Of 1000 feet. surround the
insulm desert, quite family Of small
or volcanoes are observed, smoderlnp
In u quiet sort Of way-sitting In d
circle. smoking the pipe Of peace. NJ
10 speak But sense Of the latent
powers they hold within, and tho I'M.
CRY tempers they periodically display
makes the display anything but pleas
ant, one can we'll understand a valley
al diamonds being guarded by sucl
CHASTITY sentinels as these.
IN the desert itself there are no sign,
Of precious stones OF anything that
could possibly be mistaken for dla'
monds. but there Is traditions
among the few remaining Buddhists.
who I've near by, that Arab traders IN
the past violated this sacred spot
which l. still held la superstiious awe
and that their mission was TO procure