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Hiumday the IGthf at d&f break, fixed tor our 
departure. 
Next day wag favourable, and the attempt \va» 
made. Dr HorsSekl and his party were soon over- 
takpn. At first the route lay aloruj; ricli ptam*t oF rice 
fields, fine soils, and the country intersected with 
numprous streams, every indiratiori of an extensive 
and industrious population ; sheds erected for the ac- 
eonmiodntion of travellers, at convenient distances, 
with an occusional trace of a road, lliey readied 
the village of Lemau Mani.", " a long s^trairgliuf? vll- 
las:e, or rather plantation, on the romantic hanks of 
a rapid rirer, whirh discharges itself into the sea at 
Ujiiiig^ Karang, and up the stream of whieli our far- 
ther course lay ; here, as iir Reveral villains, we had 
paifsed, we ohservet! a considerable quantity of coffee 
growing under the shade of the large fruit trees, and 
eontiguoUH to the houses. Oar arrival was welcomed 
by the beating' of the great tlrain or tabu, which has 
a place in every viitage. The drum is peculiar; it ia 
formed of the trunk of a htrgo tree, and is at least 
twciUy feet ionix, Iiollmved out, and !5iJ?5pended on a 
wooden Jrame, lying liorixontally under a shed ; one 
end on!y is covered with parchment." 
So far they accomplished the journey without 
much difficulty, using the accoramodatioiisr of t!io na- 
tive travellers. Their course continued along the 
bed of the river, a bad substitute for a turnpike, but 
almost the only passage in these wild but beautiful 
dbtdcts, Tho aaccat was much steeper^ the road 
