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automobile in which the machine put Mr. Wilson's pony to rout, 

 and as the rider wisely jumped off he joined in the pursuit. It 

 was difficult to make the Englishmen in the car stop in the chase, 

 but the thick-headed or disobliging islanders at last stopped and 

 the pony was brought back captive. Our tiffin was at Poespo and 

 very good ; we rested more than an hour before resuming our verj' 

 awkward carts. We met many of the huge native oxcarts with 



139. A VILLAGE NEAR TOSARI. 



wheels quite six feet in diameter; the brake was a round stick 

 without shoe, and the drivers were often curled up asleep on the front 

 seat, but our driver's shrill whistle caused a turnout and we must 

 have passed nearly twenty. We got to the station at 2:30 and 

 found that the train did not leave until 4:30, but the station was 

 cool and we waited in patience : a Javan massage (Fig. 140) would 

 have been acceptable. There were many fine mangoes for sale 

 here in round, native baskets. Comfortable seats in the train and 

 arrived at Soerabaja Gobeng at 6:05 where we found the Simpang 

 Hotel omnibus waiting for its and were told the numbers of our 



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