THE 
JOURNAL 
Of THE 
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO 
AND 
EASTERN ASIA. 
TOUR IN JAVA,* 
FROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, BLITAR, ANTANG, MALANG, 
AND PASSURUAN, BACK TO SOURABAYA. 
By Jonathan Rigg, Esq., Member of the Batavian Society of 
Arts and Sciences. 
The road from Batu to Malang, a distance of 12 pauls, is again 
broad and easily passable in a carriage, the descent being gradual. 
We got fresh horses and rode down in the cool of the afternoon. 
Cultivation and population increase as you proceed; the vale of 
Malang is a rich upland territory some 1,000 to 1,400 feet above 
the sea, surrounded by a noble amphitheatre of mountains, amongst 
which are the highest of Java, the Semeru and Arjuno, the 
Kawi and Tengger. On this part of our journey we observed a 
great number of flowering trees called Poloso, they are sometimes 
quite destitute of leaves, but in their place covered with a pro¬ 
fusion of bright red flowers which immediately attract the at¬ 
tention. We reached Malang still in time to view the antiquities 
collected in the garden of the Assistant Resident. The principal of 
these is a handsome and well executed figure of Buddha squatting 
* Concluded from p. 507. 
VOL. III. NO. I*. SEPTEMBER, 1849. 
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