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cxtends in that dircction for 10 or 12 miles, 

 thus forming a snug and quiet bay of the parts 

 now called Jasinga, which during the intermis- 

 sion of volcanic activity would be highly conge- 

 nial to the habits of the Testacea y whose numer- 

 ous remains still exist, and to those zoophytes, 

 by which lime is supposed to be elaborated. 

 The supposition, that Jasinga bas formed a bay 

 of the Sea at no very distant geological period 

 is further borne out by the little elevation, 

 which it yet possesses above the Sea , although 

 at the foot of the mountains and removed above 

 3o miles from the North shore, towards which 

 the slope is very gradual. It is similarly situated, 

 with respect to the Western ocean, about Welcome 

 and Pepper bays, at which point the Sea is 

 supposed to have formerly entered and, running 

 between the Southern hills and the mountains Pu- 

 lasari and Karang , to have joined the Northern 

 waters, between the Ghisidani and Onderandir 

 rivers ; thus having those volcanic mountains as 

 islands across the bay, to break the force of 

 the N. W. mousoon. 



According to Mr. Horner's observations, the 

 Demang's house at Jasinga is only 352 feet above 

 the Sea; at Sajira, on the Chiberang, only 11 

 miles West, this height bas decreased to 187 feet 

 and at Lebak, 16 miles further in the same direc- 

 tion, the elevation of the Residents-house is only 

 76 feet; the waters from this place still find 

 their way to the North shore. Westward still 

 from Lebak, the whole district of Panimbang is 



