A TRIP TO PROBOLINGGO. 
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ruan being free of dangers, though some sand bank are found, a 
little to the eastward, south of the Bokke Island. It was Sunday 
morning the 24th November before we could make the anchorage 
of Probolinggo, having been kept the whole of Monday boxing about 
with light or adverse winds, so that we anchored the second night 
only a couple of miles more to the eastward than the previous near 
Point L6ko. As soon as we had deposited the ship passes with the 
authorities at Probolinggo, we were allowed to proceed down the 
coast to Pahiton to take in the sugars. 
The neighbourhood of Probolinggo is easily recognized by a small 
island lying about 5 miles of the coast, called by the natives Pulo 
Katapang and by the Dutch “Krabbe” or Crab island. In Raffles 
map, this island is improperly laid down to the westward of the town 
of Probolinggo, whereas it is somewhat to the eastward, the ancho¬ 
rage for the shipping being westward of a line drawn from the Pier 
head to this island. The island may be a mile long and half as much 
broad, rises only a little above the surface, is barren and produces only 
a few stunted trees, except at the north east corner, where there is a 
little more green vegetation. Several houses are seen here and 
there erected principally for the convenience of fishermen. There are 
10 to 12 fathoms of water close all round the island, except where 
a spit of coral rock runs out a short way from the eastern end. We 
set sail from Probolinggo with a fresh breeze off the land, being a 
peculiar wind that blows here during the prevalence of the south east 
monsoon, and known by the name of Guiding. In the course of a 
couple of hours we ran off 15 to 16 miles, and then sailing out of the 
tract of the wind, suddenly got becalmed. The course and edge of 
the Ginding were clearly marked upon the sea; where the wind blew, 
the water was lively and breaking in waves, whilst beyond, it lay slug- 
ish and smooth as a mill pond. We could see the fate awaiting us; 
in less than 5 minutes, from spanking along at a pleasant rate the 
breeze slackened, died away, and our sails dropped to the masts,whilst 
the original impulse threw us from the fretful to the placid water. The 
Ginding is occasioned by the south east monsoon blowing right over 
the land, from the southern ocean, through the gap leading to Lama- 
jar g, between the lofty Iyang and Tengger mountains, which tower 
into the atmosphere, right and left, some 8 to 9,000 feet, the gap 
between them at Iilakka, only reaching to 1,000 feet. The Lamong- 
an volcano 8,000 feet high stands in this gap, but we had the Gind¬ 
ing blowing from each side of it, and were not becalmed till we got 
