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of visiting while in Java — our further peregrinations being 

 directed towards the schistose formation abounding in jietri- 

 factions, which is found in the S. W. mountain range of 

 the table-land of Bandong. 



" On the evening of the 18th, after we had .returned from 

 Tangkuban Prahu, we left Lembang, still in the company 

 of Dr. de Vrij, who sacrificed his own convenience to 

 accompany us throughout our interesting tour, and returned 

 to Bandong. 



"Junghuhn had sketched out a second carte de voyage, 

 which he had sent to the Resident of Bandong, with a request 

 that this gentleman would make all necessary preparations to 

 enable the projected excursion to be made in the shortest 

 possible time, and for our comfort while on the road. We thus 

 found everything prepared before-hand, and, after passing a 

 most agreeable evening with the Resident and the Regent of 

 Bandong, the latter of whom caused his dancing girls to 

 execute in our presence some of their most characteristic 

 national dances, we were enabled to start early the following 

 morning to prosecute our journey further among the 

 mountains. 



" Gratitude to M. Visscher, the Assistant Resident, and to 

 Raden Adipata Wii'a Nata Kusuma, the Regent of Ban- 

 dong,* makes it an imperative duty that we should make 



* Since this was written a number of the Dutch officials and savans at Java, 

 who showed so many civilities to the Austrian travellers, were decorated by our 

 Government with Austrian orders, among whom was also the Eaden Adipata Wira 

 Kata Kusuma, the first native Javanese Regent ever decorated by a foreign power. The 



