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Report of a Journey Around the World. 



and gateway across the river to regulate the floods; over this a 

 narrow suspension bridge which we crossed and found very un- 

 stable in the middle. Home just in time to escape a tropical down- 

 pour which lasted into the evening. 



Tuesday. Sept. 17. Up in the dark, breakfasted and took 

 train for Bandoeng. Had the first-class compartment (for eight 

 persons) to ourselves and were very comfortable with blinds and 



II9. FISH POND NEAR GARGET. 



dust screens at the windows; also rattan seats. Scenery was 

 charming all the way (see Fig. 118). Rice plots of every size and 

 shape to suit the situation, and the crops were in all stages of 

 growth. One or two tobacco fields which did not look well, but 

 the main cultivation was rice. Volcanoes on every side, their 

 summits mostly veiled in cloud. No change of cars, and arrived 

 at Bandoeng for tiffin. We had hoped to make an ascent of a vol- 

 cano from here, but as we could get no carriage, and Mr. Wilson 

 was under the weather, we decided to leave the next day at 1 1 . 



We changed cars at Tjibatoe ; from this little station it was 

 uphill all the way, but we arrived at Garoet at 1:37 (2200 ft.), and 



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