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ghis Island and the coast of Java, and leads ta 
an extensive. bay ar the southern part of the dis- 
uicc of Sukapura, called Segoro-anakan, but 
particularly by keeping in awe the pirates from 
above mentioned, and those Malay 
Pinus who are in the habits of supporting 
them. The visits and enterprizes of the pirates 
were not confined to the neighbourhood of this 
settlement: by ascending the rivers which dis- 
charge themselves into the strait and bay, they 
proceeded to the center of the Island, Sukapu- 
ra. -Dayu-luhur, and Juruk-leggi were equally 
exposed to their invasions. Many of the inha- 
bitants were carried off in slavery, or oblized 
to retire to. places of greater safety, and the 
villages were plundered and destroyed. © 
The situation of Talachap, though pleasant 
and interesting on account of the prospect itaf- 
_ferds to a temporary visitor, isby no means de= 
sirable as a permanent residence. The exhala- 
tions from extensive swamps which surround it; 
occasion remittent bilious fevers, which carry 
off many of the inhabitants: there is likewise 
a deficiency of rivers and rivulets of a moderate 
size, for the purpose of laying out rice-gronds 
cultivated by inundation. In the course of the 
following days I vi$ced the remains of a former 
settlement at Donan, near the discharge of the 
river of Juruk-leggi, the Strait runninz towards 
Segoro-anakan, and an extensive range of the op- 
posite coast of Nuso-Brambang. On the 24th, 
Lrewrned to Adipollo. 
. Within the distance of three miles, the three 
principal villages of the district of “Aya are si- 
ated ; Tg aes Pi WP and Adirodaho, A 
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