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perature of 86°, of being once more re-Invigorated by a little 

 cold, were now being gratified to the letter. 

 ' Unfortunately our anticipated enjoyment of the view from 

 the summit was entirely frustrated by rain and cloud : we 

 could hardly see anything a hundred yards distant, and 

 the only idea we could form of the gigantic mountains and 

 splendid hill-scenery that we knew surrounded us on all 

 hands, had to be derived chiefly from the topographical 

 charts we found in the hut. It was only during the oc- 

 casional fleeting glimpses, when the S. E. trade-wind of the 

 upper atmosphere, generally the chief ruler of these lofty 

 regions, and almost always accompanied by a pure, blue 

 sky, overpowered the N.W. trade (which blew from beneath, 

 and, trending upwards along the cleft in the western side 

 of the crater of Mondolawangi, continually enveloped anew 

 in clouds the summit of the Pangerango), that it was per- 

 mitted us to descry, now here, now there, small stretches 

 of the country lying spread out at our feet, or to perceive 

 closer at hand the inner slope of the crater of Gedeh, lying 

 exposed to our wondering vision. We did what we could 

 to secure a few thermometrical and barometrical observa- 

 tions, as also to shoot, to geologize, to botanize ; and many a 

 valuable discovery was made ere night set in and compelled 

 us to seek shelter against the raw, cold night air, in the Pa- 

 sanggrahan, which had been so carefully fitted up for our 

 accommodation. On the summit we found quite an accumu- 

 lation of various elegant little plants, which recalled to us 



