82 VIEW OF THE ARJUNO. 



towards the town of Pakis. M. Zollinger had 

 recommended us to visit that place, in order to 

 examine some ancient ruins near it, which he des- 

 cribed as very beautiful. The mist and clouds had 

 now pretty well dispersed, and we again enjoyed a 

 splendid view of the plain to the northward, as far 

 as Sourabaya, but the most beautiful object now was 

 the Arjuno. This mountain, the height of which 

 is given in the Dutch Almanack, as 11,934 English 

 feet, rises with a noble sweep from the sloping land 

 around it, and is covered nearly to its summit with 

 magnificent forests. It is not so symmetrical as 

 Semiru, as it has three small summit cones, rather 

 irregularly formed, one of which still occasionally 

 rolls out a considerable volume of smoke. Porrong 

 hill, a miniature of itself, rises to the north of it, 

 and a grassy ridge stretches from its southern base, 

 uniting it with Mount Kawi, another fine group of 

 hills, the height of which is probably six or eight 

 thousand feet. 



In descending on the south side of the mountains, 

 the slope was at first inconsiderable, and we passed 

 through several grassy hollows, but as we proceeded, 

 the inclination became more rapid, and the road was 

 very slippery, the clay being wet with the daily rain. 

 On one steep slope my pony fell, and treated me to 

 a roll on the grass. Fortunately, I had given my 

 barometer to a coolie to carry. The Javanese are 

 accustomed to saddle their horses so far forward, 

 that in going down hill, the weight is thrown almost 



