TOUR FROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, 8tc. 
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cation between tbe two sides is by means of a long and 
substantially built bridge of teak timber, resting on parallel 
rows of piles, driven in, at intervals, length-ways with the riv¬ 
er This is said to be one of tbe longest bridges no Java, and 
perhaps ; with reason ; stepping it from end to end as tar as 
the planking extended 1 found 212 paces, and as 10» ot ray 
paces give 28 feet, the bridge must be very nearly 600 ieet 
long. Where it abuts on the west bank, and just on the 
south side of the road, stands the fort, the guns ot which 
command the bridge and the town on the opposite side ot the 
**iver. The fort, is a square enclosure of masonry, with loop¬ 
holes and a circular bastion at each angle, on each of which 
is mounted an 8-pounder'gun, traversing on a slide, the 
gate of the fort is to the westward and on the opposite side 
from the river, coining out upon the high road, which runs 
parallel with the river, and passing the Residency and other 
houses of Europeans is continued out towards the north, and is 
the high road to Madion and Ngawi In the centre ol the tort 
is a neat clean court, surrounded by barracks, store-rooms, 
and the quarters of the commandant or other officers. I be 
dates of 1334 and 1835 over the inner and outer arch of the 
doorway show the period of its Construction. 
mandantis a 2nd lieutenant, and he has under his orders a 
garrison of 35 men, of whom only 10 are Europeans. We 
here observed a rather primitive method of measuring time, 
and of which the sentry on guard has charge I his consists 
of a bucket half full of water, on the surface of which is 
placed a cocoanut shell with only a small segment cut oft. 
The bottom of this shell is pierced with a small hole, through 
which the water runs up, and in a certain determined time 
Oiling to the brim, sinks the shell to the bottom, where it is 
the sentry’s duty to empty it out and set it afresh, his own 
relief depending upon his taking proper care of the ^strument. 
The Residency is distant only a musket shot from the fort, 
and could thus* be easily defended in case ol an emeute. 
Our friend the Doctor’s house is the most agreeably si¬ 
tuated of any in Kediri, being at the north end ot the native 
town, and a rising ground above the road, with a fine v 
of the river passing below, of the bridge, fort and back 
premises of the Residency, over the trees^of which, a line 
drawn due west passes over the south end.of the g 
Kolotok, and then cuts the northern peak of the Wilis, which 
towers beyond to the height of 8,233 teet, 
(To be Continued) 
