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about an hour and a half, we reached the 

 mountains which separate the state of Jo- 

 hole from that of Rumbau; we crossed tliein 

 between Tamping and Beraga. These moun- 

 tains, though entirely covered with jungle, 

 present in several places a fine prospect, 

 and offer to the consideration of the tra- 

 veller several beautiful streams and rivulets 

 carrying a limpid water amongst large stony 

 blocks. 



At three o'clock r. ii, wc found oursel- 

 ves in the kingdom of Rumbau. This statt^ 

 stretches itself out in an extensive plain, 

 terminated on the South by the Company's 

 territory, on the East by the mountains 

 which bear its name, on the West by Sa- 

 langore, and on I he North by Sungey Ujong. 

 This plain is in great part occupied by paddy 

 fields, and inhabitedby nine thousand souls, 

 wlilch is tlic amount of tiie wliole popula- 

 tion of the state. We walked in that phiin 

 two hours belorc we reached the house of 



