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of ultimately freeing liimself from the unjust and 

 oppressive demand of Syed Sabban, and reviviiij^ 

 the decaying trade. There used at one time to 

 be at least sixty botts lying off the wharfs of 

 Linggy fur tlie purpose of procuring lin, but these 

 were reduced by the disturbances to about one 

 third of the number in J 833* 



The first part of the road from Linggy to Kon- 

 door * is tolerably good » pasiiing llirough clear 

 and cultivated ground, but thi;* soon gives place 

 to denne and extensive jungle^ the pathway 

 through M'hicb, even in the mouth of May, is 

 piashy, and slippery, the mud in some pkces 

 being aocle deep. Kondoor is somewhat of a 

 straggling village, several hou>t'si at a considera- 

 ble distance being included in jl— Th^- Panglioo- 

 loo staled it to consist of one hundred houses. 



Shortly after leaving the village, the traveller 

 emerges from the gloomy forest with which it is 

 swathed, and an extensive and varied prospect 

 delights the eye as it rapidly glances over the 

 Vale of Kondoor~In front, and melting into dis- 

 tance, a succesision of undulating and grassy hills, 

 gemmed here and there wjth ever verdant clumps, 

 or sprinkled with brushwood, forcibly recals the 

 recollection of smiling, cultivated England. At 

 bis feet stretches an extensive valley, rian( with 

 the luxuriant and peculiar green of rice fields; 

 this valley contracts, as he proceeds, untU it ter- 

 minates in the ravine which pours upon it the 

 fertilizing element— on the gentle slope of a hill, 

 are to be seen a few cottages whose peace has 

 never been invaded— whilst, on the right, tower- 



* Vid€ Journal of an EiLCorsion to tlte Tw mio«« of Soongei Oojong 

 by die Kev. J T^uilin. 



