TOUR FROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 505 
Indoro Wati a little to the westward of Gunong Biru. Soon 
after leaving Bakir the road has to cross a very deep dell, 
the descent into which though zigzagged on the face of the 
hill, is so steep that it is with difficulty you can maintain 
your seat in the saddle, which as cruppers are not in fashion, 
has a constant tendency to slip forward on the neck of the 
unfortunate horse; this however, has its revenge by a mere 
malicious hob of the head, when the rider inevitably rolls in 
the dust before it. Emerging from this dell you gradually 
find yourself getting into a different sort of country, an 
undulating upland plateau, without trees or brushwood, but 
covered with the long allang allang grass. The morning air 
was still bracing and pleasant though the sun had already 
risen high in the heavens, and as we were unprotected by 
any shelter, the view upon the surrounding mountain was 
clear and open. These grass lands abound in deer and it is 
here that the native chiefs practise their great sport of hunt¬ 
ing them down on horse back. The horses are trained to the 
chase and are said to diplay a great deal of emulation and 
zeal; the rider is nearly naked and seated on the bare back 
without any saddle, armed with a spear or Klewang the ob¬ 
ject is to gallop up with the running deer and so despatch 
them. These grass lands are known by the name of Gunung 
Agaron and are about the 15 and 16 pauls from Malang. The 
eastern brow of this plateau forms the boundary between the 
Widonoship of Autang and Batu, and where this road leaves 
it, is called Rajah Wessi. Another steep descent is now 
experienced into the lower country, winding round the pre¬ 
cipitous sides of a mountain ravine for' about f of a paul, 
at the foot you find the post No. 14, and turning off the road 
to the right, at the distance of a few hundred yards, you reach 
the hot well of Sanggaretti. This is close under the bank of 
steep hills which further back rise up into the lofty Kawi. 
Iron oxide appears to be entangled amongst these hot waters, 
as well as in in such as are cold, and oose from the surround¬ 
ing hills, presenting a red and scummy appearance. A bambu 
thatch shed, divided into compartments, covers a square 
bath dug out of the ground, and at the same time affords 
separate rooms for dressing, but there is no accommodation 
for a patient taking up this abode. Outside of the shed is 
the main and original well, over the spring of which a small 
Hindu temple has been erected, now of course in ruins. It 
has been originally 8 or 10 feet high, without any interior 
cell, but bearing images in niches, traces whereof still remain, 
and the most perfect of which are placed on the edges of the 
