+ +3 
with the utmott feftivity. This is ajubi- 
‘lee which Britith tars never fail to comme- 
’ morate, whatever part of the globe they 
may-happen to be in at the time. 
We failed from Saugur with the con- 
xoy, which we accompanied till abreaft 
of the Andaman iflands; when we haul- 
ed off to the eaitward, and left them to 
_purtue their voyage. 
We pailed between the Andaman. and 
Carnicobar iilands, clofe to the fouthern 
extremity of the latter, with feveral otLer 
Mlands in fight, all having a dreary and 
inhotpitable appearance ; the winds near- 
dy due eaft, with fine weather, but (as 
in the vicimty of moit ilands) iqually at 
intervals. Tbe mext day ran clofe paft 
Tolonga, which is of contiderable height, 
but im other refpecis timilar to the yelt 
ct the Necobars... 
We this day had a view of Pulo-Ron- 
do, Pulo-Way, and the high land of 
Sumatra, abeut Acheen head. We now 
expertenced little elfe than a fucceifion 
of violent fyualls of wind, with deluges 
of ram; in the night, thunder and light» 
ning in an awful dearce. 
It was not till the 21f of January 
that we could reach Pulo Penang, or 
Prince of Wales’s land, fituated at the 
entrance of the firaits of Malacca, and. 
two cr three miles difiant from the Ma- 
lay coati. A party of us went to fee, 
the day after our arrival at the ifland, 
a very beautiful little waterfall, about 
fix miles from the town 
We fiarted from the town at day- 
break, and rode afew miles tlirough pep- 
per plantations, groves of the. cocoa- 
nut, betel, &c. highly delighted with the 
fragrance of the air, ‘which. at this time 
of the day is firongly. inpreguated with — 
the grateful odours that. rife along with. 
the eshaling dews, from the trees, thrubs, 
and flowers. At the foot of the moun- 
tain, however, we were. obliged to dif- 
Inount, and proceed on foot up a wind- 
ing path, that led through a forett of 
trees of the moft gigantic fize, and which, 
by meeting over head, almaft excluded. 
the day; involvi ing us in a kind of pleat 
ig. eloom, the eifect of which was 
heightened by the diuiant-noile of the 
waterfall. 
—~ ©‘ T hear the din 
Of waters thund’ring o'er the ruin’d cliffs. 
What folemn twilight, what ftupendous th: ides, 
Enwrap. thefe infant aoads ‘Through ev'ry 
nerve 
A facred horror thrills. 4. pleafing fear 
Glides over omy altace foredt eS: 
‘ .goune | i ; 
Journal of a Voyage ii the Indian Seas. 
And, more. gigantic ftill, th impending treeg 
Stretch their extravagant arms athwart the 
gloom.” ——drmfrong. ea 
The latter part of our jotrney was 
fteep, rugged, and narrow, and {@ overs 
fiadowed with the thick woods, that we 
could fec. nothing of the fall until we 
came to the bafea into which the water 
tumbles: all at once then this httle fairy 
glen opened to our view, and difplayed 
a lender and beautiful cafeade of water, 
che as cryital, and ifuing (as it were) 
from the middle of a little tuft of trees; 
about 200 feet above. our heads. The 
ttream is twice intercepted in its defcent 
by thin ledges of rock that ran -acrofs 
the fall, and, by fplitting it in. thinner 
fheets of water, add greatly ta the beau- 
ty of the cafcade. It at length precipi 
tates intoa bafon of folid rock, from ong 
fide of which it ghdes off into a fteep 
and rugved channe!, that forms a feries. 
of other little cafcades all the way down 
to the foot of the mountam. 4, 
‘The bafon is bounded on each fide by. - 
craggy precipiecs, whofe brows are overs 
hung with lofty pines, fome- of whick 
have occafionally given way, and their 
trunks are feen lying in various directions 
at the bottom, being iplit and torn: by- 
the fall. . 
After enjoying our little cold collatio 
in this romaatic fpot, and bathing in. + 
cool and refrefhing waters, we reluctantly: 
took our departure, and retraced our: 
fteps back to the town; admiring the 
beautiful natural {ceuery of this land. 
On the morning of the 24th January: 
we weighed and made fail once mare for 
Bengal. As the north-eaft monfoon. was 
now in its-height, we .were obliged to 
keep. along the Malay coaft, which is 
high, and much. diverfified in its ousline 
features from the great variety of forms: 
which the mountains afume. The next 
day (25th) pafled Pulo Buton, (26th). 
Pulo Sayer, and on the 29th deferied the. 
eaft. Andainan. 
On the fame evening we got fight of 
Barren, or Volcano Iflaud, which at this 
time was burning very fiercely, the erups. 
tions taking place every eight or tem 
minutes, with a hollow rumbling noife. 
This is a fiall circular iiland, lying 
alnott in fight of the eaft Andaman, be- 
_ tweea that and the. Malay. coaft::it ap~+ 
pews to bea perfect. cinder, or at leat : 
covered in every part with lava, without 
the fmallet. veltige of vegetation: itis 
of coniiderable height, aud the woleanic. 
opening or crater is in the-centve of the’ 
and, We. pafied within. late. moze» 
than 
