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of recent origin. Early next morning the party pro- 
ceech-d to the capital, which we ^haSl notice in the 
narrator's own words. " In apprttactiing Pageru- 
yong-, we had an excellent view uf thi» once famous 
city. It is built at the foot, and partly on the «lope 
of a fiteep and mg^ed hiti, called Guniing Bortgi^o, ao 
memorable for its appearancp, and the tliree peaks 
it exhibits. Bfdow the town, uiuler a precipice of 
from fifty to a huntlretl feet» in i^ome part« nearly 
perpendicular, winds the heaaiiful stream of Selo, 
■which pursuing its cotirse, passes Saruaaa, where it 
taketj the name of the Golden River, imfl finally falli 
into thi^ IiidragirL In front of the city f\Am the 
mountain Berapi, the summit of which uiay be about 
twenty rnileH distant. It is on the slopes of this 
mountnin that the principal population k settled ; 
the whole Bide of the mountain, for about fifteen miles 
from Fn;?emyonn^ in every direction, being cohered 
with vill:i(rea and rice fieldi*. The entrance to the 
city, which ifs now only marke<l by a few venerable 
trees, and the tmces of what was once a highway, ia 
nearly three quarteni of a mile before we come to 
the Bfdi and site of the fotmer palace. Here, Hitle 
ia left save the noble Waj?arin Irees, and these appear, 
in several instances, to Imve BuRercd from the action 
of fire, Scarcely the appearance of a hut is to be 
&een ; the large flat litone, however, on whicli the 
Sultan naed to sit on day» of public ceremony, waa 
pointed out to us i and when the weeds had been 
partially ciearcd, the royal burial ground was tlisco- 
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