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TOUR FROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 
deep. Though the superintendence is thus made easy the 
gardens are not always over clean. As an excuse for this 
is adduced the scanty population of the country. The Re¬ 
gency of Kediri, in which we now were, in the district of 
Papar, on a superficies of 600 square pauls, can only boast of 
a population of 50.228, or scarcely 8! souls to the square paul. 
At the first post station which we reached, we became 
fully aware of having got amongst a differently managed 
people from those we had passed amongst yesterday. No 
post master or assistants were to be found, as these wor¬ 
thies had strolled off to other occupations. They have, 
however, providently placed the means of cal! within reach 
of the impatient traveller, and * to this our coachman 
seemed quite accustomed, so descending from his seat, 
he straightway went to a huge hollow tongtong suspend¬ 
ed iii a corner, and belaboured the same at intervals, 
till the startled horsekeepers came running to their duty. A 
detention of an hour had nigh well exhausted our patience, a 
plentiful stock of which all travellers in «ava ought always to 
be provided with. Once on the road, however, we spanked 
along at a splendid rate; our cattle were none of the best 
trained, but being strong #ery nags out of the dessas, and six 
to the team, our canny coachy let them have their own fun, 
as long as they kept anything like the middle of the road! 
Just before reaching the post house Grompol, near the 79th 
paul, we passed out of the district Papar into that of Kota, 
and before 8 o’clock reached the kota or town itself of Kediri 
withliim kind ^ invited DrHeyne to take up our quarters 
The to wn of Kediri is 84 pauls from Sourabaya, and is situ¬ 
ated on the right or east bank of the river of the same name 
which here runs due north, with a broad deep steady stream! 
sunk about 20 feet below the surface of the adjoining country ■ 
no rocks or even large stones are exposed by the bed of the 
river. ihe ground is everywhere an alluvium of volcanic 
c etno, in places rather gravelly in the lower strata, but here 
the stones rarely exceed the size of a man’s fist, and are 
remarkable for their light specific gravity, being a light pu- 
maceous lava stone. All the Javanese and Chinese live in 
the town on the right bank of the river, as well as a few 
uiopeans at the north end of it, opposite to which, across 
the river, is the Resident’s house and the dwellings of the 
other government officials, as well as the warehouses, so that 
they are entirely by themselves and out of the reach of anv 
conflagration that might devastate the town. The communi- 
