506 TOUR FROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KED1RI, &C. 
present bath in the shed. The whole is composed of squared 
and hewn trachyte rock. At the back, or west side of this 
temple, is a square well or cistern of about 2 feet each wav ; 
but which however does not now contain either the mam 
spring or hottest water; this is found in a hole broken open 
at the north side and is led away by a duct under ground to 
the bath in the shed. Inserting a Fahrenheit s thermometer 
into the spot where the water was bubbling up the strongest, 
it indicated 112° and the same temperature was observed 
where the water enters the bath. The taste of the water is 
by no means nauseous but rather insipid, somewhat resem¬ 
bling chicken broth. The little temple has originally stood 
on a terrace, from which the water was poured through stone 
spouts into a basin on the South- This is now entirely di¬ 
lapidated, but a little water still runs through the spouts, 
forming the only place where the natives can bathe. 1 
ends of the stone spouts project into the basin, and appear 
to have been originally formed to present heads and mouths 
pouring out the fluid. The spirit of Hinduism must have 
been strongly rooted among a people who employed it t 
consecrate and recommend a sanitary spring issuing naturally 
from the earth, and shows that the well has attracted atten¬ 
tion from a very early date. Its properties now a days do 
not appear to be much appreciated or perhaps properly un¬ 
derstood. Invalids, with a variety of complaints, frequently 
visit it, with apparently small benefit. The change to inva¬ 
lids coming from the sea coast, from a hot to a cool and heal¬ 
thy climate, perhaps does more good than a Hind or injudi¬ 
cious use of the water can afford. There is no accommodation 
for dwelling at the well; this must be sought at Batu, two 
pauls nearer Malang, the seat of a government coftee estab¬ 
lishment. At this place we soon after arrived and tarried a 
while to breakfast and see the sights. The chief of these is 
the coffee curing establishment of M. Van Vloten, m the 
method practised in the West Indies. The works are exten¬ 
sive and situated on a rising ground with a copious supply 
of running water, which, in an undertaking of this kind, is 
indispensible both as a moving power, and a means of soak¬ 
ing the beans after the pulp has been taken off. I he machi¬ 
nery has stood here some 10 or 12 years, and is very defective 
and rude, but still, with patching, is made to get through its 
work. The drying platforms, or barbicues as they are called 
in the West Indies, ar? extensive and commodious, being 
oblong terraces of plaster work, over whicli a thatched roof, 
travelling on wheels, can be run or withdrawn according to 
