80 TOUR PROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C< 
to about 6*500 souls. The tambaks and swamp which form 
the extensive fish ponds* will partly account for the compa 
ratively small average pkir square paul in the Kotta Smirabaya 
and adjoining Jaba Kata* and this latter again has only a 
scanty population on the dry* poor limestone ridges* which 
commence at Gunung Sarie. The Janggolos and Hawaii 
Pulos comprise the rich delta of the Kediri river* where 
all the land is entirely occupied either for homesteads or 
cultivation. The four Modjos join on to the Rawah Pulos* 
but are on the opposite side of the Porong branch, and run 
much further into the interior between the Arjuno and 
Indorewati hills on the one side* and the main branch of the 
Kediri river on the other* and from the nature of their 
position, and soil, could no doubt support an equally dense 
population* having indeed formerly formed the seat of the 
ancient capital of Majapahit. 
As you approach the boundary of Mojo Redjo, near the 
53 d paul* the forest and wilderness again give way to cub* 
tivation, and paddy and sugar cane again alternate with each 
other. Mojo Redjo* at the 54th paul, is again the official 
name for the village of Jonbang, close to which is the last 
and most distant sugar miil* with a government contract, in 
this Residency. The fiat plain now expands* and the road 
leads away towards the centre of it, deserting the neigh¬ 
bourhood of the Indora Wati range. Fresh mountains* 
which are invisible from Sourabaya, come into view; towards 
Malang the huge Klut, and to the south of it the more 
pointed Kawi * whilst the range of the Gunung Wilis shuts 
in the west side of the extensive valley which forms the 
residency of Kediri. Rich sawahs* but with the paddy 
still green upon them* extended on either side of the road, 
and it was here, at about the 61st paul, that we began to 
feel the influence of the southerly breeze* which at this 
time of the year blows from the south sea* and prevails 
over all other winds* being in fact the south east monsoon, 
turned due north between the lofty mountains on either 
hand* as there is only a low ridge of limestone rock run¬ 
ning along the southern sea shore and forming the head 
of the valley of Kediri* in the district of Rowo. 
A little past the 63rd paul we suddenly came upon the 
banks of the Kediri river, which we had not seen since 
leaving Mojokerto* and which is here a good broad stream 
rolling a copious current of water. We followed up the 
right bank of the river* and now our course lay a trifle to the 
west of south all the way to the town of Kediri. About 
