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and that this year there was an assemblage of 

 thirty-five or thirty-six Christians. It did not ap- 

 pear that there was a single native included under 

 this denomination. 



Nov. 27. — We set off in a carriage at seven 

 o'clock this morning for Sourabaya, which we 

 reached at eleven o'clock. About two miles from 

 Majokerto we halted to examine the new works on 

 the Kediri, by which it is intended to bring under 

 control the variations in the volume of its waters. 

 A double system of locks had been constructed, 

 built of bricks and faced with massy blocks of 

 greenstone, both materials being brought from 

 Europe. The locks were wide and deep, and the 

 gates and sluices of great size and strength. The 

 work was not much more than half completed, and 

 I did not quite understand the plan of it ; its object, 

 however, is both to facilitate the irrigation of the 

 delta, and to render more certain and regular the 

 navigation of the Kali mas, or golden river, the 

 branch which runs hence to Sourabaya. The cost 

 of the work must be very great, and its style and 

 execution are very creditable to the Dutch Govern- 

 ment. 



The plain of Sourabaya, which had interested and 

 pleased us so much on setting out now seemed ex- 

 cessively dull, tiresome, and monotonous, and the 

 climate heavy and oppressive, accustomed as we had 

 been for the last fortnight to the fresh air and glo- 

 rious scenery of the mountains. 



