350 JAVA COAST. 



on which a heavy surf broke, was distinctly 

 seen. This island, low at one part, is high and 

 mountainous at another. It was late in the 

 afternoon before we had a clear view of its lofty 

 peaked mountain. The island was densely 

 wooded, having a picturesque and verdant ap- 

 pearance. During the morning, which was 

 showery, we slowly coasted along the island, at 

 about four or five miles distant. As the weather 

 cleared up about noon, the scenery gratified the 

 eye with its varied tints, refreshed by the genial 

 showers, and recalled to my memory those gems 

 of the ocean distributed over the Potynesian Ar- 

 chipelago. 



As we proceeded along the Java coast, having 

 the lofty Crokatoa Peak, and others of the ad- 

 jacent islands in view, light and variable winds 

 and calms, with adverse currents, rendered our 

 passage slow and tedious, and often obliged us 

 to anchor. We were, on these occasions, visited 

 by canoes, with fowls, eggs, turtle, &c. The 

 outline of this island is at some parts low, wooded, 

 and uninteresting ; whilst at others, lofty moun- 

 tains rise one above the other, until the towering 

 " Mount Karang" terminates the view. The 

 varied tints of the vegetation, covering the 

 mountains from the margin of the sea to the 

 loftiest summits the eye could attain, had a 



