IV, A Kelation of the bad condition of the 
Mountains about the Tungaroufe and Bata- 
yidn RiverSy having their fourcefrom^ thence^ 
eccafioned by the Earthquake between the 
^th and c/ January, iSpp.Vrawn up 
from the Account given by the Tommagon 
Porbo Nata, {who hath been there) and 
fent to the Burgermajier Witfcn, who commu* 
nicatedit to the R. Society^ of which he is a 
Member, 
THat the great Batavia River from above Tangalu 
Warna^ being a place from whence the faid Ri- 
ver receiveth the greateft part of its water, is ftopt 
ijp, or covered with Earth from the fain Hills, till 
beyond the Hill TfyoufpokitfiH 5 fo that the place 
where the River had its courfe formerly, was not to 
be feen. 
That far beyond the Hill Tj)oufpokitsjil^ towards 
Batavia^ the Water comes forth again from under the 
Earth , which is funk down, but thick and muddy, 
paffing over and thorow the Trees, wherewith the Ri- 
ver formerly was ftopt up. 
That the Trees lying in the River are of a fpecial 
bignefs, and foclofe packt together, that it is impof- 
fible to conceive how they came fo. 
^ That from the Mountains fcituated near the begin- 
ning of the Batavian River, called by the Javanlans 
Songfy-^tfidlwong , feven Hills are funk down, vi%. 5 
on this fide, and 2 on the other* But that the Mount, 
Bbbbb from 
