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with the neighbouring districts: agreably to the 
state of the country the course of the rivers and 
rivulets is uniformly rapid, and substantial 
bridges, in placeof the temporary rafts of bam- 
bu, emploved in the districts of the Native 
Princes, afford a further proof of a wise admi- 
nistration, ; 
Between Sinis and Pakkiswing, whither I 
proceeded on the 2d of November, the inequali- 
ties of che tracc are less considerable than on 
the preceding route; about one mile West of 
the latter place I crossed the river Progo, flow- 
ing with a rapid stream from the North. The 
road soon approaches the Western foot of the 
Marbabu, and of a smaller mount called Ær- 
dong: beyond the basin of the river EKo it gra- 
wards the top ok the Marbabu ; jt here passes 
successively the villages of Kamantran and 
through many intervening vallies to the Eastern 
foot. Leaving the usual route from Koppeng 
to Salatiga, È went on directly East, and met 
the high-road, leading from 1 PUN to: the 
Ca kof oe Native .ali-Gan 
In the afte: of the qh a. November 1 sag 
turned to Socrates, 
