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through a ledge of rocks, to which it ïmpaits a 

 white color, which however shows no dis— 

 position to effervesce with acids. When silence 

 is observed and attention paid, a low, dull, rum- 

 bling sound is heard at intervals and this is im- 

 mediately foliowed by an emission of air bubbles 

 and quiet again succeeds. Though the taste of the 

 waters is insipid to man, the BufFaloes and other 

 animals are fond of sipping it, when it has 

 cooled. All over the country there are a number 

 ofsprings, known by the name of Seuseupan , at 

 which, in preference to the river, all animals 

 drink ; these springs are now cold and have no 

 extraordinary smell or taste, yet must possess 

 some peculiar qualities, as the BufFaloes are known 

 to thrive better from fi equenting them. The water 

 of all these springs may have one common origin .; 

 but from the nature of the rocks and strata they 

 pass through, some part with their heat more 

 readily than others; while again those, which 

 make their way across the more decided sub», 

 marine formations , arrive at the sur face at the 

 ordinary temperature of the atmosphere. 



Large (juantities of silicified wood are every 

 where met with, known by the name of Batu 

 Sumpur, as the natives suppose, that this hard 

 wood alone is fossilized ; but the variety of grain, 

 which is still preserved entire, does not counte- 

 nance the belief, that the Sumpurs (colbertia 

 and capellia) are the only trees, on which this 

 process has acted. 



There are positions, which seem more favorable 



