SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. 39 
magiKitticle of tlie flowers^ creepfm, ami trtrP^j con- 
trasts fitriklngly wiih the stuiittuJ, ami, I hm] almost 
said, pigmy vegPtation of Englaiul. Camparetl with 
our frnit-trepsj your largest oak is a mere dwarf. 
Here u-e Imve crecpprs and vines entwininL,' larger 
trees, and ban||in|j suspi-nded for more ihm 100 
feet, in girth not less than a inan R body, andjmany 
much thicker; the trees f^ehlom under 10i>, »nd ge- 
nerally spproachintr HiO to 200 feet in heij^ht* 
** From PiiU) Liiher w'e started at half-past (ive, and 
hsilted at eight to breakfast. At eleven iv*e reaclied 
the Sindan<raro river, wlinre we took some rrfrewt»- 
ment, andln ibc evening, about half-p;i*l tivej reach- 
ed Oarong Ha-sam. 
"The (fay's journey was most fatig-uing, and not 
les8 than itiirty miles, entirely tli rough a thirk forent, 
and over ntupendous mountains, one of whirFi, rail- 
ed the Sindangan mountain, could not fiave hpen 
less llian between 4000 and .">000 ft'et liigb. Neither 
on this nor on the preceding day was there vestige 
of population or cuhivaiion ; nature was throughout 
allowed (o reign undistorbed, and from tlie tracea 
of elephants in every direi tion, they alone, of the 
animal! kingdom, seemed to have exploretl the re- 
cesses of the forest. 
" We got on, however, very wel! ; and though we 
were all occaHimially much fatigued, we did not com- 
plain, Laily Uaffles was a perfect heroine. Tlie 
only misfortune at this jitage was a henvy full of rain 
during the night, which penetrated our leafy dwe)l- 
