3Q AecQunt o/' Professor Rein vvardfs Journey 
in tlie milder climates below. On the other hand, the nature of 
the many plants growing wild thercj and which are suited to the 
temperate climate of Europe, prove that this part of the country 
w ould be as favourable to the culture of many European plants, 
as Europe itself. A^t Tjimeding, which is the chief place of that 
district, the medium range of the thermometer is 70° of Fahrem 
heit, and on the top of the Patacka, it is often as low as 4Q°. 
To the east of the Patacka, at the distance of one and a half 
German miles, and separated by a ridge of less lofty hills, lies 
the Mountain of Tiloe, (which name signifies three mountains,) 
composed of three distinct peaks, of wdiich the first being the 
most southerly, rises to the height of more than 6000 feet. The 
stones of that and the surrounding mountains exhibit a greater 
variety than those of Mount Patacka. Tbe most pure and un- 
mixed basalt is found on the higher mountains only. The Ti- 
loe is on all sides covered with thick woods ; and the rocks on 
the surface are decomposed to a considerable depth, which is 
highly favourable to the formation of the soil, and supports the 
most exuberant vegetation. 
The mountain, bearing the name Malabar, i$ known to be of 
a greater extent than the others, and is situated in the south- 
easterly part of the district of Banjaran. This range is com- 
posed of many connected mountains, of which the loftiest ele- 
vates itself to a height of 6100 feet above the surface of the 
sea ; and is, on account of its situation, its products, and in 
many other respects, more remarkable than all the other moun- 
tains on the island. Tlie rocks, being, from the sudden precipi- 
tations by explosion and convulsion, in many places heaped to- 
gether upon each other in large irregular masses, exhibit a 
greater variety to the eye of the beholder, than is elsewhere to 
be seen. The basis of the moimtain is a basalt, partly pure, 
mid partly mixed with different other stones, sand, or dust, 
amongst which there is also lava, and a volcanic kind pf rock, 
containing iron in such quantities as to produce a forcible effect 
upon the magnet. The Mountain of Malabar has a great por- 
tion of its length cut through by a deep valley, extending from 
the south to the north, through which runs the River Tjigeurre, 
which first precipitates itself from a perpendicular cataract of 
some hundred feet high, then runs on with great velocity till it 
