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A GLANCE AT MINAIlilSSA. 
the verandah behind we have a view of the whole town, which runs 
in straight streets. 
On the 22nd August, we prosecuted our journey from Kakas to 
Langowan, situated 4 miles from Kakas, to which it is joined by an 
even and good road. 
Langowan is no inconsiderable village, although there is no church 
and the schoolhouse has a mean appearance. Mr. Schwartz resides 
here as missionary. Amongst the remarkable objects may be men¬ 
tioned two hot springs and a number of boiling mud wells. The 
first hot well is approximately 7 fathoms in diameter, has a heat of 
165°, and contains much sulphur, the exhalations of which are inju¬ 
rious to the breath ; the water which we drank has the taste of rot¬ 
ten eggs. The water which runs from the well retained in its petri¬ 
fied channel a heat of 151° 
From thence we proceeded higher and came to the hill Tompang. 
As we climbed somewhat to the left of the road, we had a striking 
view. In the north and south smile two beautiful vallies, which in 
clear weather present a true panorama. The mountains K&w&tak, 
and Pompelempungan, and the mountain pass by which Bolang is 
reached, shew themselves to the west, while the eye, lingering on 
the fields cultivated by the people of Kawciukoan and Rembokan, 
rests at last on the mountain Pelotan. 
At the foot of the hill there is also a hot water spring, but as our 
thermometer was broken here we could not ascertain the tempera¬ 
ture^ It appeared to us however that it was higher than that of the 
springs previously mentioned. It lies concealed deep in the forest, 
and we would not have been able to see it if Mr. Schwartz had not 
been acquainted with it, for the Major declared that it was inacces¬ 
sible, Judging from what we heard, we must attribute this reserve 
to superstition, and a fear of the trouble which would be occasioned 
to the inhabitants by waiting on persons visiting the place from cu¬ 
riosity. This indeed was once the case with the small lake of Tala- 
tap, which lies a good half mile below the great mother spring. The 
water of this lake was rapid at the side, and is said to contain fish. 
Ascending further from the hill of Tompang we came to some 
boiling mud springs, which throw up a whitish earth, and are unfa- 
thomably deep. 
Of more importance is the great mother pool, which lies to the 
Jeft of the first mentioned warm spring, and from which we can by 
an inner road reach L&ngowan, and so avoid the necessity of taking 
