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VOYAGE OF THE POTOMAC, 
[March, 
14th. Pasiiruan, comprising nineteen hundred and fifty-two 
square miles, and one hundred and eight thousand eight hundred 
and twelve inhabitants. This division is bounded on the north 
by Surabaya and the sea, on the east by Probolingo, on the south 
by mountains, and on the west by the native provinces. The 
town of Pasuruan, near the coast, is the capital. 
15th. Probolingo, comprising two thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-four square miles, and one hundred and four thousand three 
hundred and fifty-nine inhabitants. This division is bounded on 
the north by the sea, on the east by Banyuwangi, on the south by 
,the Indian Ocean, and on the west by Pasuruan. The town of 
Probolingo, on a river of the same name, is the capital. 
16th. Banyuwangi, comprising twelve hundred and seventy- 
four square miles, and eight thousand eight hundred and seventy- 
three inhabitants. This is the last European division, and is the, 
eastern extremity of the island; bounded on the north by the sea, 
on the east by the Strait of Bali, on the south by the Indian 
Ocean, and on the w^est by Probolingo. The capital is a town 
of the same name, on the strait. 
The: native provinces contain eleven thousand three hundred 
and thirteen square miles, and one million six hundred and fifty- 
seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-four inhabitants ; and the 
Island of Madura, conip rising two residences, has twelve hundred 
and sixty square miles, and two hundred and eighteen thousand 
six hundred and fifty -nine inhabitants. Total number of square 
nailes in Java and Madura, forty-five thousand seven hundred and 
twenty-four. Total population, four million six hundred and 
fifteen thousand two hundred and seventy. 
The face of the country presents a bold outhne of prominent 
features. The same series, or range of mountains, which char- 
acterize Sumatra, is continued through the whole length of the 
Island of Java ; varying in their height from five to twelve thou- 
sand feet above the level of the sea. The round bases and pointed 
conic tops of these gigantic elevations indicate their volcanic 
origin; and some of their craters are still in a state of partial 
inflammation, breathing sulphureous vapours and smoke ; others 
are extinct. The last eruption of Mount Salak was in seventeen 
hundred and sixty-one ; that of Chermai, in Cheribon, in eighteen 
hundred and twenty-five; that of Lomongon, in Probohngo, in 
