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furnished. There are usually accommodations for 

 four people in all these places, but I believe there 

 would be no difficulty if the party consisted of more, 

 as the native chief could receive one or two into his 

 own house. Just at nightfall, when the rain had 

 ceased, we heard several deer belling on each side 

 of us, the neighbourhood being said to abound in 

 game. I got 2,066 feet for the height of An tang 

 above the sea. 



Nov. 25. — Captain Blackwood and I were out 

 before daylight with our guns to try and shoot 

 a kedang ; there was so much delay, however, on 

 the part of our guides, that we did not reach the 

 ground till too late, as the deer seek the recesses 

 of the woods as soon as it becomes broad daylight. 

 We had a very pleasant ramble among some coffee- 

 plantations, and through some open green glades 

 on the hill sides, saw an abundance of peacocks, 

 which we did not succeed in getting near, and 

 plenty of pigs, of which we each shot one, and 

 returned to the passangerang at seven o'clock. Our 

 route had been originally chalked out to pass 

 through Kediri, but partly on account of Hill's 

 sickness, and partly that Captain Blackwood was 

 anxious to return to the ship, we determined now 

 to omit that, and make as straight a course as pos- 

 sible for Sourabava. 



We set off at eight o'clock, and I found a very 

 handsome and excellent bay pony, with my saddle 

 on it, which the Widono, flattered by my praises of 



