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his stud yesterday, had brought on purpose for me. 

 He seemed to take great pride in his horses, some 

 of which he had procured from Bima. 



We passed across the green or central square of 

 Antang, on one side of which was the market-place, 

 now crowded with people, and then rode over a 

 pretty grassy plain, bounded by woody hills, which 

 continued for about two miles. This formed a 

 dividing ridge between brooks flowing on one side 

 to the south, on the other to the north, and we 

 shortly entered a narrow winding glen, descending 

 in the latter direction. The fire and spirit of my 

 excellent little horse soon took me on a-head of the 

 party, and after I had, with some difficulty, per- 

 suaded the two spearmen in advance not to attend 

 to my motions, but let me go on, I rode for several 

 miles down this glen alone. It is in that way, 

 indeed, that much of this country ought to be tra- 

 versed, in order to acquire a full perception and a 

 lasting memory of its beauties. Surrounded by 

 scenery so glorious, all human companionship is 

 felt to be superfluous and intrusive. This glen was 

 one of those so frequent in all these mountains, 

 radiating from the more lofty and central masses of 

 the hills, and divided from each other by narrow 

 and precipitous ridges. 



If the country were stripped of its vegetation, and 

 left mere bare earth and rock, its very shape and 

 outline would be striking and beautiful, so nume- 

 rous and varied are the forms of its peaks and crags, 



