CHAPTER II. 



RIDE FROM KLAKKA TO LAMAJANG — BEAUTIFUL SITUATION 

 OF THE PASSANGERANG — SUMOWIJOYOH RONGO DI LAMA- 

 JANG — DISTURB A TIGER RIDE TO TAMPA — LAUT KEDUL, 



OR THE SOUTHERN SEA — " GAMELANG," OR NATIVE BANDS 

 — DANCING GIRLS — ASPECT OF THE MOUNTAINS — DAILY 

 THUNDER STORM IN THE AFTERNOON — COMMENCEMENT OF 

 THE N.W. MONSOON— RIDE TO KEDIMANGAN — LUXURIOUS 

 LIVING — MAGNIFICENT FORESTS ON THE MOUNTAINS — 

 ARRIVE AT LODO OMBO — ASPECT OF A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE — 

 MANNERS OF THE PEOPLE MORE INDEPENDENT THAN IN 

 THE PLAINS. 



November 14. — Having sent off the coolies with 

 the baggage before daylight, we started ourselves 

 at six o'clock on horseback, with a similar train of 

 attendants to what we had before. We travelled 

 towards the south, and in about a mile passed the 

 large village or town of Klakka. This consisted 

 entirely of native houses, in two or three kampongs, 

 surrounded by bamboo fences eight or ten feet high. 

 Soon after, we crossed one or two fine brooks run- 

 ning towards the south, in which direction the 

 country gradually declined. It was still, however, 

 agreeably undulated, and broken occasionally into 

 small hills, crowned with woods and surrounded by 

 sloping grassy plains. At one spot we saw, at the 

 edge of a wood, jungle-fowl, peacocks, pigs, and 



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