74 GARDENS OF WONOSARI. 



thunder-shower, which becomes heavier and more 

 protracted during the N.W. monsoon, or from the 

 middle of November to that of March, during which 

 time the rains spread also over the plains. He 

 had been a good deal on the south coast, and de- 

 scribed to me some great calcareous formations 

 which ran along it, rising to a height of full 500 

 feet above the sea, and full of shells and corals, 

 apparently of recent species. This formation is 

 principally developed in the province of Gondung 

 Lagi, and also at the western extremity of the 

 island.* 



The slopes of the ravines at Wonosari are laid 

 out in gardens wherever it is practicable, and even 

 in places where it would have appeared to me to be 

 almost impossible from the precipitous nature of the 

 ground. In these gardens grow excellent potatoes, 

 cabbages, carrots, lettuces, peas, peaches, straw- 

 berries, and other European fruits and vegetables, 

 with which the towns on the coast are hence abun- 

 dantly supplied. I deduced the height of the house 

 at Wonosari from two observations, in the afternoon 

 and morning, and made it 6,217 feet above the sea. 

 In the Batavia Almanack it is given as 6,136 

 Rhinland feet, which = 6,317 English, differing 

 100 feet from my estimation, but whether the same 

 spot was used for observation I cannot say. 



* These calcareous masses are indicated in the outline geologi- 

 cal chart by Dr. Horsfield, accompanying Sir S. Raffles' s map of 

 Java. 



