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nose princes soem to attach especial importance to anticipat- 

 ing tlie Europeans in good-breeding, and forestalling the 

 desires and wishes of strangers. At last, towards 2 a.m., we 

 went to rest, and despite the fatigue of the previous day, 

 were by 5 a.m. seated in the carriage of the Regent, en route 

 to the residence of Dr. Junghuhn. We drove the two first 

 posts, about 10 paals, wlien we exchanged that mode of con- 

 veyance for our horses, which in less than an hour brought 

 us to Lembang, situated about 4000 feet above sea-level, 

 in an almost European climate. Standing alone close to this 

 village is the beautiful dwelling of Junghulm, at the foot of 

 the volcano Tangkuban-Prahu, and surrounded on all sides 

 by beautifully-laid-out gardens, in which, cut off from the 

 scientific world, he lives with his family. Everything around 

 gives to the stranger a thoroughly home-feeling ; in every 

 countenance is visible content, in every glance the most 

 heart-felt cheerfulness. 



Franz Junghuhn, a German by birth, from the district of 

 Mansfeld in the Harz-mountains, saw many years hard 

 service as a military surgeon in the service of the Dutch 

 Government, and at present holds the appointments of In- 

 spector of Scientific Explorations, and Director of the entire 

 China-tree cultivation of the Island of Java, with ample means 

 for the solution of this problem. This indefatigable natural- 

 ist (of whom there is an excellent engraving at the Royal 

 Botanical Gardens at Kew), to whom science is indebted for 

 the most comprehensive information relating to Java, has 



