378 Essay, Fc. 
er with very sudden inclination into the body of 
the hills The substance of which they were 
£omposed was almost pure sand of a coarse 
* grain, or fine sand and clay in nearly equal pro- 
„portions; the latter was often of reddish color. 
"The arrangement of these substances was either 
Jamellar or nodular in concentric layers: these 
occurred alternating with each other; but from 
the appearance of their relative arrangement 
they. hid remained at rest from the period of 
their first. precipitation. 
From the valley of the river Serayu to the 
ranges in the vicinity of Batur, the ascent is 
gradual but constant, and only interrupred by 
occasional ravines and vallies: this is strongly in- 
dicated by the vegetable productious; I shall 
only adduce one instance; at Karang-kobar al- 
though the Cacao-nut tree bears fruit, its pro- 
_ductiveness.is comparatively very scanty; at 
Kali-lunyar the tree vegetates without produc- 
ing fruit; beyond this village to Batur no 
Cacao-nut trees are found, as they cannot sup: 
port the climate of this elevated situation, The 
district between Nusupan and Datur affords,a 
coutinuation of the appearances alread NG dede 
tian bis. route: prensa 7 
: > sections. yes tie hills: T 
ie soil is deep and fs reddish color, the frag» 
ments of Basaltes which are occasionally strew- 
ed on the surface are strongly rounded at the $ 
ved ad sping, masses of this. substance 
PON d a 
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