128 DESCEND TO THE PLAINS. 



the south side of the mountains. When the sun 

 got low, Captain Blackwood and I took our guns 

 and walked down some steeply sloping coffee-planta- 

 tions, and then across a slope of alang alang, to 

 some poorly cultivated fields, surrounded with wood, 

 but we saw no game. The country, however, was very 

 pleasant, the soil apparently rich and deep, although 

 of such rapid declivity, and well watered with brooks. 



I made theheight of Wonosalam above the seal781 

 feet. The name of the headman of the place was 

 Sowondoo, that of his title or office Loora. 



Nov. 26. — Some fresh horses and coolies having 

 arrived last night, we set off this morning at six 

 o'clock. I regretted parting with the spirited little 

 horse belonging to the Widono of Antang, when I 

 looked at the miserable-looking little rat of an ani- 

 mal which was intended for me this morning, but 

 was agreeably surprised to find him greatly superior 

 to his appearance, and really wondered at the way 

 he carried me through heavy places, and at his speed 

 and strength. The first part of the way was a 

 similar rolling country to that we traversed yester- 

 day, passing through a succession of coffee-planta- 

 tions, below which we came down to a magnificent 

 teak forest, where the slopes were more gentle, but 

 the path very narrow, and frequently winding. In 

 the lower part of this forest we continually passed 

 mounds of ancient bricks, partially overgrown with 

 turf^ the ruins perhaps of the outskirts of the ancient 

 city of Majopahit, or of some neighbouring town. 

 About nine o'clock we emerged from the recesses of 



