252 TOUR, PROM SOURABAYA, THROUGH KEDIRI, &C, 
south coast, and it so happens that not far to the westward 
of this part of the country, some very convenient harbours 
are situated, asofGemak, SegaraWedi, Sumbreng, Panggol, 
Segaralama, and still further west, the bay of Pachitan. 
1 he suitable position and conveniences of Panggol have 
within these few years recommended it to Government, who 
now collect produce there for direct shipment to Europe. 
On enquiring of the regent of XCediri, he distinctly and 
totally disavowed that the ancient capital of Daha had ever#* 
existed in this part of the country, its site he maintained to 
be the same as Prambanan, nor would he admit that the 
Hindus had ever established themselves at or about the 
present town of Kediri. Blitar, he exclaimed, was the place 
where the Hindus were established, as if anxious to insinuate 
that the place of his own patrimonial abode had never 
suffered from their invasions. 
[To be continued .] 
