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be neither difficulty nor danger in the enterprise to 

 such a man as I have mentioned. His way would 

 be first of all, to present himself to the Rajah or 

 chief authority of the country, and propitiate his 

 favour. This would cost him a few showy presents 

 of English arms or cutlery, and a brace of pistols 

 or something of that sort now and then presented 

 to the inferior chiefs. He would then have the 

 whole country open to him, and might live and travel 

 at a very trifling cost. In the case of Lombock Mr. 

 King of Ampanam could at once by his good word 

 pass him through the island. 



June 26. — At daylight in the morning, we found 

 ourselves clear of Atlass Strait, with the Peak of 

 Lombock to the south-west of us, its summit 24 

 miles distant. In the east we could see Mount 

 Tumboro at a much greater distance. It did not 

 seem very lofty, and shewed like a great flat-topped 

 mass without any cone or peak. Several mountains 

 to the southward of it, in the interior of Sumbawa, 

 seemed much loftier. The atmosphere was singu- 

 larly clear and transparent, and as the sun rose we 

 had a magnificent view of the whole mountain of 

 Lombock Peak. The level beams of the sun tinged 

 all the crags and ridges of the lower mass, bringing 

 out in bright relief all the wrinkles, folds, and cor- 

 rugations with which its sides were furrowed, and 

 lit up the summit cone with a rich glow, as if it 

 shone by its own light. All the valleys and ravines 

 of the lower mass were clothed with dark woods, 



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