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rice, drlf'J fisli, milf oil &t^., m a 

 word, litL tb Jt hij fure!?(^e9 to be reqiiir- 

 ed during hh jtiurnej', even cuoUiiig 



Af^ree&hly to (htg expos^, you will 

 easUy utider^itntut^ tiui>r it is ilitit e(l 

 few Jtravt*J]i'rs, iiji tQ tbe pFes*etJt day, 

 have vefjiiired to petteirate Intel iha 

 interior of tbe peiiiiisiila* In J644 a 

 Duidi Governor, named Van 63iet,, 

 tried, TPjili^iui succcs!^, tn inukG a dc- 

 ta^'htiitit^t oF Hioldier^t gip tliroii^rh n. [laH 

 ofit, Jo 1745, a certain gentleman 

 n^imed ^ Van der Hutlen untJertoufc 

 to go to AJount Opliir^ caHed by the 

 Malaj!^ Giinonis^ Lediiiig^, ^titiiate at 

 the Kourcio of tbe River MtiaLr^ iit the 

 Sduth east uf Mulseiia audi not in the 

 Nonh as ntany geographer!? have 

 erroneausly, one after auother, ass*;r- 

 ted: but as gocm at; tlie iiart-pid tra- 

 veller had landed, he ^i^w himself 

 aband^jtied by \m fdWwers*, who kft 

 hrm one after an^>ther; ihu^j seeing 

 himself alone, he w»s nbliged to put 

 back and could not complete liiii in- 

 tended travel. Sinre that time, a few 

 touriatfl more fortunate tiian he»have 

 succeeded in ascending thid high 

 mountain, the peak of which in denud- 

 ed iif any trees. In several p^rts of 

 thia mouQtain, grow the tulip, the 

 violet, the cypress and other plants 

 ■which indicate cooler temperalure. 

 ElephaniFj Wild Boarg ftud Tigers do 



