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this design. On which account they set about occupying the 

 following months in ascending the neighbouring niovmtains, espe- 

 cially the sinnmit of the mountain Salak, 4550 feet in height, 

 situated above Buitenzorg towards the east, one of whose sum- 

 mits had already been ascended by Reinwardt, although a high- 

 er one toward the west had been left by him, and had conse- 

 quently been hitherto unattained. They then came upon a 

 continuous ridge of mountains, extending northwards toward 

 the sea-shore, and among others ascended the ridge of Munar. 

 After this they visited the three hot saline springs, situated be- 

 tween the villages of Rompin and Waru (which are not marked 

 in our common maps), arising from these calcareous hills, which 

 seem to have been themselves produced by the deposition of 

 calcareous matter from the water, — a process which is still daily 

 taking place. An entirely different vegetation was found in 

 the vicinity of these springs, and as it was probable no person 

 had hitherto examined it, they were highly delighted with it. 

 On the 10th August they returned from the mountain Pange- 

 rang, 8580 feet in height, forming on one side a continuous 

 ridge with the mountain Gede, which they had ascended with 

 much labour. These summits, together with that of Salak, 

 situated towards the east, were volcanic. In these pretty ele- 

 vated and cold regions, they found many retreats of rhinoce- 

 roses, and the paths which these animals had made, afforded 

 them considerable facility in ascending the mountains. So great 

 was the profusion of natural productions in these higher regions, 

 that, notwithstanding their unremitted attention and industry, 

 they could not manage to describe the whole. Amidst al- 

 most insuperable difficulties, and exhausted with labour, they 

 at length reached the summit. But after they had got to their 

 huts in the evening, a violent rain came on, which continued 

 for three days, and as nothing could resist its impetuosity, they 

 were miserably affected by the cold, and this the more espe- 

 cially, as they had been by this time familiarized to a hot cli- 

 mate. 



For the first fourteen days, however, after this excursion, 

 Kiihl enjoyed very good health, on which account they sup- 

 posed that he had escaped the danger, and rather rejoiced that 

 they had been subjected to it, as they imagined the worst was 



