Account ^Professor Rein ward t’s Journey 
the square sterns, here are the glass-doors which we open in 
the curtains of our floating fortresses.” 
In concluding these remarks, therefore, it may be observed, 
that Sir Kobert Seppings, in his letter to Lord Melville, has most 
unquestionably demonstrated two essential and important princi- 
ples, namely, 1.9^, That a ship’s stern, when constructed of a square 
form, is weak and feeble, when compared with the present general 
structure of the vessel; and, 9,dly^ That vessels with sterns of 
the same form, are incapable of making a strong and vigorous 
defence, when attacked by a powerful force in that part ; but 
that vessels with circular sterns possess qualities and powers 
precisely the reverse, exhibiting strength where weakness is 
invariably found in the old form, supplying all the defects 
attendant on that mode of construction, giving strength to the 
entire mechanical frame of the ship, and aflbrding increased 
security and power to the gallant men who navigate and de- 
fend her. 
Plymouth, I 
Qth April j 
Art. ^Account of Frqfessor ReinwardCs Journey through 
the Preanger Regencies m Java 
-I. HE districts which have been explored by Professor Rein- 
wardt, for the purpose of investigating the native condition of 
the country, are Tjifondarie, Banjaran, Tjiparay, Manabaya, 
Timanganten, and the Regency of Limbangan. The prin- 
cipal mountains which he ascended, extending themselves south- 
east from Mount Gede, are the Patacka, the Tombak-Pacyong, 
the Tiloc, the Malabar, the Sumbong, the Gadja, the Gainang- 
Gaintoer, and the Talaja-Budar. 
The district of Tjifondarie, on account of its more elevated 
situation, is distinguished above all others by a very tempe- 
rate climate, and by great fertility, as well as by the beautiful 
prospects, which are enriched by a sight of the loftier mountains 
* This account appeared originally in the Batavian Courant, from w hich it 
wa® translated into the Calcutta Jaurnal for Auj^st 1820, p. ill. 
