Essay, Ge, tos 
cent districts... | went on from here to Purwo: 
kerto, the chief village of the district of Passir 5 
the country here is in an equal state of culture. 
and scarcely perceptibly rises towards the north. 
The cultivation extends to the foot of the ranges 
in the south, beyond which several viilages 
are dispersed ; the chief of these, in a district of 
the same name, is Furuk-leggi. 
September 8.—l proceeded ina western diz 
rection: the territory is cultivated in the same 
degree as that which I passed yesterday; two 
large rivers, besides numerous smaller Streams; 
descending from the northern hills, afford a 
plentiful supply of water: abour six miles west= 
ward of Purwo-kerto, the road gradually ape 
proaches the branches of the central ranges run- 
ning out in this direction, and inclining, in the 
north, to the western declivities of the- large 
Mountain of Tagal: from the foot of these hills 
the westward, the degree of cultivation gra- 
dually dimmishes, and the tract becomes: un- 
even, but a corsiderable settlement exists at Ate 
shi-barang, where I arrived about noon. P5 
: Adshi-barang is a small district stretching 
westward to Dayu- luhur which is situated at 
the furthest boundary of the possessions of the 
native Princes; this tract is rarely visited by 
the inhabitants of um Adshi- a 
I could Obtain d: 
concerning it: it is described as being covered 
with forest, deficient in population, and almost 
inaccessible on account of the imperviousness of 
e roads, Wh o 
The settlement of Adshi-barang is improve. 
ing: the villages are chiefly laid out in the - 
