Report of a Journey Aroioid the Uor/d. 



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a region well worth a prolonged study, although there seems to be 

 great similarity in all the cones, steaming or cold. We did not 

 see (except in photographs) the beautiful effect when the Zand zee 

 is covered with clouds (Fig. 135); in the early morning a plain of 

 snow whiteness from which emerge the cones. We were told that 

 the Tenggerese (at least in the neighborhood of Bromo) have their 

 principal house door on the side towards the sacred crater. The 

 regularity of their villages is very great (Fig. 139), but whether 



138. A CRATER Filled with water. 



Bromo is in the diredlion of their house fronts, backs or sides I 

 could not tell. Another indication that the outer wall of the Tengger 

 crater was a fault was noticed on the way out, in the deep cracks 

 at their base, in some cases emitting steam. The return journey 

 was made in good time and we were at the hotel by 1 1 130. In the 

 afternoon we rested in the clouds. Kawi, a beautiful volcano with 

 cones like the Bromo, has seldom been ascended and is not often 

 visible from Tosari at this season, near as it is. 



Tuesday, Oct. i. We had made all our arrangements that 

 quiet afternoon and at 9:20 departed on our ponies for Poespo. 

 The only matter of note on the way was an encounter with an 



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