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132 us with the ponies. As we approached Cobontjandie, the conical-shaped mountain of Panongoenan was seen on our left-, and the Ardjuno separated from it by a fertile-looking valley. Far on the horizon, to the right, lower than the two last named mountains, but clad with forests of dark trees, was the Tengerr range to which we were now bound.

In an hour we reached Passerpan, beyond which the journey had to be accomplished on foot, or on horseback.

The village is a small one, inhabited chiefly by Government labourers, the largest building being a coffee store-house, in and before which a number of men and women were busily employed in sorting, weighing, packing, and storing coffee, brought here by the peasants of the district, who receive twelve florins a picul from Government, for whatever quantity they are willing to dispose of.