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93 CHAPTER III.

Samarang the coast-line is flat and receding, but when we reached the province of Japara it rose abruptly in a mountainous range.

Next morning the Madura passage opened before us. To our right we had the well-wooded coast of Surabaya, and to the left the Island of Madura, which is hilly, and apparently well wooded.Like the opposite coast it is indented with inlets and bays, and its harbours are considered to be the most protected in Java.

The Orange fort next appeared in view, presenting in the distance the appearance of a white line above a dark basement. This fort was built by the redoubtable Governor Daendals, as a prison for refractory soldiers; but Ambarrawa, from its