204 Essay, Ge. 
with some accuracy the geography of our indi: 
genous plants. 
Immediately to the North of Batur is a steep. 
hill, the Gunung Prarargaz ; which has about 
1000 feet perpendicular elevation above the 
level of the surrounding territory : to the South 
_ of this village the country is uneven, and the 
 declivities descend chiefly in a direction froin 
North-East to South- Wests being divided by 
numerous ravines, Extensive tracts are cover- 
ed here with plantations of Tobacco; this, with 
Indian-corn, is the chief object of culture: 
no rice is produced on account of the elevation 
of the tract. The Tobacco is exported chiefly 
to the maritime districts, and the Chinese here 
subsist by a small traffic with this article, for 
which they bring hither various requisites 
from the Northern provinces. 
This neighbourhood was interesting to me 
not only for the purpose of bringing together a 
general collection of mary vegetables of high si- 
tuations, bur also in a Mineralogical point of 
view. A considerable range of hills rises in 
the north above the surrounding level: one of 
these has already been mentioned; they follow 
on the whole the direction from West to East ; 
several of the principal points are described in 
the Mineralogical section. A branch of thelarge 
volcanic chasm, which exists in the bowels of 
the earth, in this latitude, shews itself by seve- 
ral considerable outlets ; a short distance west of 
the large Mountain Sundoro, we find thesmaller 
enes of the Gunang Prat, of the Pakerman and 
of the Rozgo-sumbangan. The Pakerman is 
situated within a few miles of Batur, and is 
well known in the neighbourhood, in conser 
