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Rh produce from them, which he disposed of at the market towns. He was formerly a soldier, and had seen some fighting at Ban jarmasing, in Borneo. After serving fourteen years, instead of returning to Holland, he turned his thoughts to vegetable cultivation; rented a considerable district of the Tengerr, where the soil is a rich vegetable mould, and engaged labourers to work under him in the manner already described. From the Passangrahan we had a fine view of a portion of the volcanic Bromok, which is distinguished by its barrenness, compared with the mountains and hills in its vicinity, which are covered thickly with tall trees and shrubs. Volumes of smoke were issuing from it, and flames, which are only discernible at night, or late in the afternoon when it begins to grow dusk. In a direct line it is about three miles from Tosari, or a little less, but by the road the distance is much greater. We were still separated from the volcano by deep ravines intersected by Rh