SUMATRA. 
5 
WooUs. 
thefe ridges of mountains, are extenfive plains, confiderably elevated 
above the furface of the maritime laads; where the air is cool ; aixd from 
this advantage they are eileemed the moft eligible portion of the coun- 
try^ are confequently the beft inhabited, and the moft cleared from 
woods, which eUevvhere in general throughout Sumatra, cover both 
hills and valleys with an eternal ihadc. Here too are foi^nd many large 
and beaucitul lakes that extend, at intervals, through the heart of the 
country, and facilitate much the communication between the diffe- 
rent parts; but their demenfions, iituation, or diredtion are very little 
known, though the natives make frequent mention of them in the ac- 
counts of their journeys, f Thefe give birth to moft of the larger 
rivers, and particularly to thofe which empty themfelves to the eaft- 
ward. Waterfalls and cafcades are not uncommon, as may be fuppofed, Waterfalls, 
ma country of fo ^i^v^rx ^ rnrfoz-^. a remarkable nn** H^fr^tide from 
Htight of the peak above the level of the jla, m feet t ^,844 
Englifli miles ±j6±i6 
Nauiic^l miles — ^ — — i» 1,16345 
Mpndt nearly _ _ „ jfa^^^ mUes. 
Btilance from MH0aiig Poinc — — ditto. 
DiftaEce at fea before the peak is funk Mudcr. the horiion 1 35 ditto, 
latitude of the peak o*. 6' miniites, north. 
A volcano mouniaia, fouth of Ophir, ts Hiort of that in height by 1377 feet 
IaUind» nearly »9 Natu. railes. 
In order to fonn a comparifan I fubjoin the height* ai computed by Mathematicians, of oxhtv 
mountains in diiTerent pans of the world. 
Clilmbqraxo, the bighdl of the Andes, jtio toifesj or 10,63 j EngliOi feet. Of this about 1400 
feet from the fumma u.v ^^.^ f^^^^,^ 
Camon afccjided by thc-PrentU-Aftrwoomer* — — iS,fioo Eng. feet. 
Peak of Tcneriffc, Fcuill^e - 4070 toifesj or — — 13*165 feet 
Mou nt BI anc , S a voy . Sr . ' G . Shuck borough — — 1 1 , 6 6 » 
Motijat Mm^ Ditto — ^ 10,554 
f The lakes principally fpokca.of, are, one of great extent in the Batta country a fccond ta * 
tlie country of Menangcabow, wliich the inhabitants avail themfdve* of, in trinfporting goodt 
toan<I fj om Pakntbang: a third in the Coriiichia country, viGied bf Mr. Rogers, a fervant of the 
Comjiany, frt:nii Moco-Moco : and a fourth in the Lampoon country, extending to Paflummah. 
Tht boats employed on this !ali carry fails, and arc of a larger fort, called panchutkngz a day 
and a night arc required to crcifs it. The fuJtan of alembang's foa came by that ^^-ay to Croce, 
whfin Mr, Steyenfon had charge of the fettlement, 
J> the 
