m S U M A R A. ' 
the north fide of Mmii Pmpng, near PcohPifang. MiUifdar^ which forms 
the mouth of Tappanooly Bay, prefents to the view a fall^ of very fm- 
giilar appearance, from the fummit of a ftigar loaf mountain ; the re- 
fer voir pf which, the natives plaufibly alTert to be a huge Ihell of the 
fpecies called Kcmo^, A fmall but beautiful cafcade defcends 
perpendicularly from the fteep cliff, which, like an immenfe rampart 
lines the fea fliore near Manna-^. No country in the world perhaps is 
better watered than this. Springs are found wherever they are fought 
niun. for. The rivers on the weftem coaft are innumerable^ but they are in 
general too fmall and rapid for the purpofe of navigation. The vicinity 
of the mountains to that fide of the ifland, occafions this profufion of 
rivulets, and at the fame time the imperfearions that attend them, by not 
allowing them fpace to accumulate to any confiderable fize. On the' 
eafterii rntjft, th^ i-u^ hiiu nuL Only affords a larger 
fcope for the courfe of the rivers, before they difembogue ; prefents a 
greater furface for the receptacle of rain and vapors, and enables them 
to unite a greater number of fubfidiary ftreams ; but alfo renders the 
flux more fteady and uniform, by the extent of level fpace ; than where 
the torrent rolls more immediately from the mountains. But it is not 
to be underllood that on the weftern fide there are no large rivers. Cat* 
' tcWHy hidrapmr^ Tabooyoug and Sinkdl have a claim to that title, although 
inferior in fize to Paleijibang^ Jamhte^ Indergevety Raean^ and Battao Bar- 
reo. The latter derive alfo a material advantage from the iheltcr given 
them by the peninfuia of Malacca^ and Borneo ^ Banca and the other iHaiads 
of the Archipelago, which brcakinsr the fnrr/* ti*^ lea, prevent the 
fnrf from throwing up thole banks of fand that choke the entrance 
• The kitma fliel ! j probably the hvgtfk in the world i is -of the cockle kind ; it is found in 
lilt Bay of Tappanoolly chiefly r they are taken in deep water, by tbrufiitig a iong Bamboo be- 
tween the vakcs as they He open, and by the immediate dofure which foHows, it is made faft, 
I iiave been aJTuired tha: the fifli of one of themt with a proportionate quantity of rice, has fcrvcd 
the crew of a country ihip for oae day's food. The largeft I have fctn was about three to four 
feet 0T?er. Captain Foreft mentions their being found on the Coaft of New Guinea, The fljell 
h perfe^tiy white, and is worked up like ivory by llie natives. 
f A ihip from Europe (the Elgin) fent a boat, in order to procure frefc watet there, attrafled 
Ijj its appcarattce from fea j but the boat was loft m the furf, and tbe crew dcowncd, 
of 
