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not subject to long continued inundations and 
affords many situations fit for culture. I mer 
with several villages near the banks of the 
Serayu, the curves of which often meet the road. 
1 arrived at Maos at 2 o'clock p. m. here the 
state of cultivation grandually increases. Peng- 
galan, whither I proceeded the next morning, is 
likewise a flourishing village, and the environs 
of Adipollo, Adiridsho and Adiradiho, are nearly 
in a complete state of culture, comprizing a 
very extensive tract, which is laid out into rice 
plantations, and on the whole favourably situat- 
ed for an annual crop. “This portion of Aya 
forms a pleasing contrast with the neighhour- 
hood of. Sinis. in the east, and that towards 
Talachap in the West; but towards the accli- 
vities of the ridges in the direction of Pring- 
tuttul and Doplong, the territory is again cover- 
ed with a wild, and, from its distance, unpro- 
fiable. vegetation. 
August 22.--Iwent on in the morning south- 
erly to Bunton, situated near the Ocean at one 
of che former outlets of the river Serayu, which 
is now completely shut up. The discharge of 
the river is about one mile further westward. 
The passage across is effected in the same way 
as above mentioned at Chiching-goleng: the 
at "boats were larger; the raft of bambu, 
secured od apod these, had" ce ied 
to support several. "horses: Near the western 
banks two inconsiderable villages are situated, 
beyond which this part of Aya is a continued 
desert to Tala-chap, a small settlement, near 
the boundary of the Honorable Company's _ 
possessions under the Residency of Medea 
4 pe to the eastern extremity of a small 
