366 TJUVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



way to Kema, having been transferred, at bis re- 

 quest, to Sumatra. We atiould therefore be com- 

 panions on tlie steamer all tlie way to Java, wliich 

 was especially agreeable to me, as he spoke Eng> 

 lish well, and no one not bom in Holland can ever 

 learn to pronounce the hai-sh gutturals of the Dutch 

 language with perfect ease and accuracy. From Lan- 

 gowan we rode four miles in a northerly dii-ection to 

 Kaiaa, a village at the southern end of the lake of 

 Tondano, The rttm<i mgri here is one of the most 

 pleasantly-situated buildings in the MiiiahasBa. It is 

 large and carefully built, and has broad verandas 

 both toward the lake and the village. It is sur- 

 rounded with plots of green grass, neatly bordered 

 with gravelled walks, and rose-bushes covered with 

 large crimson flowers. In the evening, when the moon 

 rose over the shai'p peaks a short distance to the 

 cast, and spread a broad band of silver light over the 

 lake, the eifeet was charming; and now, while we 

 inhale the balmy air, and recall to mind the ponds of 

 beautiful lotus we have been passing, we may feel 

 that we are indeed in the enchanted lotus-land that 

 Tennyson thus pictures : 



In the afternoon they came unto a land 



In which it seemed always afternoon ; 



At noon the coast with langnid air did swoon, 



Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. 



Full-faced above the valley stood the moon ; 



And like a downward smoke the slender stream 



Along the cliff to fall, and pause, and fall, did seem. 



JamAKmf 1, 1866. — Walked with the cont^olmr 

 and cHef through the village, and saw the mode of 



