496 TOUR FROM SOUR ABA YA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 
along the valley of Kediri at the end of June, when, according 
to my ideas, it ought to have been all cut. In the delta of 
Sourabaya, as has been before observed, part had already been 
cut and the lands were preparing for next year’s cane crop ; 
part was still on the ground and for the most part looked stunt¬ 
ed and indifferent, most probably from want of water, which 
at this time of the year, is used at the Sugar mills. About 
Modjokerto matters were hardly so far advanced, and we ob¬ 
served some Bally rice being landed from boats just arrived 
from Sourabaya, showing that the fresh supply of the country 
was not yet sufficient for the consumption. About Modjo 
Redjo and the Kediri river the rice was partly in ear but still 
green, with many patches of cultivation suffering from drought. 
Arrived in the Residency of Kediri, the paddy was still green 
and not even yet in flower. Close to the town of Kediri, how¬ 
ever, along the western bank, and in front of the Residency, 
an extensive flat of sawahs was ripe and the grain being ga¬ 
thered in. The crop however was thin and the straw short, 
as if there had been a deficiency of water. Through Sringat 
and Blitar the paddy was the most backward of all, being eve¬ 
ry where quite green, and even in a few places had only been 
just transplanted. At Welingi it was a little more advanced 
and was coming into ear in many places. When we got up 
into the mountainous district of Anfcang, the paddy had been 
all cut and gathered in from the ground; here they had a 
good crop and on our way up we met several horse loads of 
paddy passing down to Welingi to meet consumption. In 
Malang the greater part of the crop had been harvested; but 
some yet stood on the ground. 
The valley of Kediri is one of those land-straits, if the ex¬ 
pression may be used, which are found to intersect the island 
of Java in various places In this case, the strait may be 
traced from the sea, south of Madura, along the course of 
Kediri river, between the lofty mountains of Wilis on the 
one hand, and Klut and Kawi on the other ( The passage 
through to the South Sea is intercepted by the limestone 
ridges of Rowo and Ludoyo, which run in the direction of the 
shore, but which, at some former geological period had been 
formed under the sea, as their frequent coraline structure and 
imbedded marine shells still attest. I was not upon these ridges 
on this excursion, but in 1839 crossed them further towards 
the east, between Malang and Trigonolio, and made the ob¬ 
servations above alluded to. The limestone in places comes 
. down to the Kali Ngajang; and at a village called Jeblog about 
6 pauls from WSlingi, on the banks of that river, the stone is 
