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liead demons. Tliesc clukune carry rosariea iti iheir Iiande, 

 and are very compassionate ; bo that all who see them ac- 

 knowledge their virtue • 



vOLC ANOsa, oa 1^ |lf fire and smoke hillb. 



Thftae volcaooBB ara some icoies of milei to the aouth-weo t 

 of Batavia ; they are extremely lofty, and aeldom trodden by 

 human feet ; from tlicir aummita smoke iiBuea zis from a fwr- 

 pace, pouring forth night and day ; in fair weather there ia 

 leas emoke^ but after a storm the cruplionf increase, Sorae- 

 limftB there ia a noise like the firing of cannon, when a showe r 

 of aehes descends, the taste of which is like uulphur. Sotnc 

 suppose that it is the place where ibe inlluencea of the south* 

 ern ocean find a vent. We merely record this opinion^ 

 however, and leave the detcrinioation of the point to the ^ 

 ^ ^ natural philosopher. 



Y^THE LOIDBTONK 9EA. 



To the eastward of Banyuwangi, amongBt the vallies and 

 rarinea, there are many loads tones j the nat ore of which i* 

 to attract iron : vessels visiting that place^ therefore, all mak« 

 uae of bamboo pegs^ and do not dare to use iron nails. Ships, 

 passing by, think it necessary to make all sail^ and give the 

 spot a wide berth ; while those which are driven by adverse 

 winds, and unfortunately approach too near, are drawn by an 

 irrestiblc forcej and cannot extricate them«elve8.-| 



^ 3M CAVES op EDIBLE BIRD's-NESTS. 



On the precipitous shores of the sea, and in rocky and 

 rugfed places, there are many caver na } where sea swallows, 



* Oar author has here confounded the birth place of Mahajnmed 

 with the residence of Buddha, and fulls to epeak according to hie usu- 

 al good sense when milled by stiperstition. 



t The author bore probsihly confounded some natural whirt- 

 pool with thi? fabled accormt of a magnetic mountain, which he pro- 

 bably heard from ftorae European, who might be detailing the stories 

 of the Arabian rights. It is a fact, howsTer, that the natives of the 

 eastern jslands fasten their tcsscIs together by rneaDB of btimboo pegs. 



