REPORT ON THE ISLAND OF BANKA. 
By Thomas Horsfield, Esq. M.D, 
MIN ERA LOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND. 
(Continued from p, T25.J 
In the geographical description of Banka the extent and form of 
the western division has already been pointed out: it comprises, be¬ 
sides the western extremity, a large portion of the body of the is¬ 
land stretching to its eastern shore. My tour across the island was 
through these parts. Between Kutto-waringin and Belo an exten¬ 
sive tract intervenes which is desert and almost inaccessible. Except 
the northern parts of the district of Tampelang which extend to¬ 
wards the hill Pandan, the country is alluvial and only pervaded by 
several ranges of rocks, probably of the secondary kind, which are 
noticed near Tampelang, and at the points Tada and Sukal it trans¬ 
mits the rivers of Ushering and Sukal; the former is one of the 
largest of the Island. 
The mountain Mdnumbing which with its two appendages gives 
a base to the western peninsula, is the most considerable of these 
parts. 
Its declivities in the south extend towards the shore, either ter¬ 
minating abruptly or leaving a narrow plain near the confines of the 
sea. It agrees, upon the whole, in its form with the other moun¬ 
tains of Banka, but resembles particularly the Tari-pari and Pe- 
nyabung of the northern parts and the Permissang and Pading of 
the great south-east-division. 
This mountain is a long extended spine or ridge gradually rising 
to a blunt summit, whose highest point is elevated 967 feet above 
the level of the ocean, according to a trigonometrical operation of 
Lieut. Hanson. Its direction is almost strictly from west to east; 
this shows itself in the direction of the western peninsula. The 
Manumbing consists of a central, more elevated portion, and of a 
western and eastern appendage ; the former is called by the natives 
Duldng pitsha, the latter Gunong Kukus. 
The Duldng-Pitsha from its junction with the large mountain 
extends about one mile with a nearly regular horizontal spine to the 
west; it then divides into several rounded peaks more elevated than 
