NATURAL HISTORY OF JAVA, &C. gQJ 



hard, a very well informed man, received him very cour- 

 teously, and afforded him every assistance in his researches. 



On the 24th of October Mr. L. set off from Samarang for Tourin Jara. 

 Sourakorta, the residence of the emperor of Java, and about 

 sixty miles south of the former place. On his journey he 

 visited the mountains of Dounarang, Morbabou, Telomayo, Mountains, 

 and Marapi. The last has on its summit a volcano con- Volcano. 

 *tantly emitting smoke. 



From Sourakorta he repaired toDjiokikorta, the residence 

 of the sultan of Java. The sultan and the emperor are two 

 independant princes. On this road, which is little more than Ancient two- 

 forty miles, are some ruins of ancient temples, remarkable P 1 * 8, 

 for their extent. Among these are a number of statues of Statues, 

 lava, which seem to prove, that the people followed the re- 

 ligion of the bramins. 



A severe illness obliged him to return to Samarang. 

 When he recovered, he visited the other parts of the island. 

 After sailing to Madura, he returned to Java, and visited 

 mount Idienne; a volcano, in which he found a lake, the Volcano and 

 water of which was strongly impregnated with sulphuric sul P lluric ,a *« r ' 

 acid. He afterward sailed to the island of Bali. 



Having returned to Samarang, and packed up his col- R eturn i wmSl 

 lections, he repaired toBataviain October 1806; sailed thence 

 on the 27th of november on board an American vessel ; ar- 

 rived at Philadelphia in april 1807 ; sailed thence in June; 

 and landed safe in France in July. 



The following is an abstract of the account of his col- fj is co nect5on. 

 lection given to the museum of Natural History by Messrs. 

 Cuvier, Desfontaines, and Lamarck. 



We shall say nothing, observe these gentlemen, of the wea- Snides not 

 pons, garments, and other articles used by the Indians, or belonging t* 

 of two very curious statues found in the ruins of a temple, "^ tura ls " 

 as they do not pertain to natural history, and will find their 

 place among the antiquities of the imperial library. 



But Mr. L. has brought some articles interesting to the Foss -,| fcuraa* 

 history of man : as some fragments of undoubtedly human boues. 

 bones brought from a burying place, that appear to have 

 •undergone at least a commencement of calcareous infiltra- 

 tion; and a scull of a Chinese of Java, that will increase skull. 

 our collection of those of different nations. 



Among 



