CHAPTER XVI. 



ASPECT OF THE SOUTH-EAST END OF SANDALWOOD ISLAND— 

 ALASS STRAIT— CHARACTER OF THE SHORES OF SUMBAWA 



AND LOMBOCK LOMBOCK PEAK APPROACH TO THE STRAIT 



OF MADURA ASPECT OF MADURA AND JAVA — SOURABAYA, 



ITS EXTENT AND GENERAL ASPECT— MONETARY AFFAIRS — 



ANECDOTES OF THE PEOPLE — EXCURSION TO GRISSEK 



HIRE A HOUSE — KINDNESS OF THE RESIDENT — PREPARA- 

 TION FOR A TOUR — VARIED POPULATION OF THE TOWN. 



On October 3, 1844, we left Port Essington, on 

 our way to Java to refit. We had very light winds 

 for several days ; on the 9th passed through Rottee 

 Straits, and next day saw the island of Savu 

 some miles to the southward. On October 11, 

 lights were seen ahead early in the morning, and at 

 daybreak we saw Sandalwood Island, or Jeendana, 

 before us, and passed round its south-eastern extre- 

 mity at a distance of four or five miles. The land 

 here was lofty, rugged, and bare looking. Ranges 

 of hills rose immediately from the sea to a height of 

 about 2,000 feet ; they were serrated at top, and their 

 sides furrowed by gullies and ravines, reminding us 

 somewhat of the south coast of Madeira. Towards the 

 N.E. the land sank lower, and became more level. 

 A small but steep and lofty island appeared ahead 



