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200 new locality. The Passangrahan was a large bungalow, reached by four steps leading to the front verandah, which, together with the one at the back of the house, was ornamented with trellis work, tastefully entwined with woodbine, passionflower, and other native creepers. The house was approached from the road by an avenue of wild trees, extending up to the garden gate, between which and the Passangrahan was a neatly-trimmed and well-weeded garden, presenting, with its parterres, in which bloomed many a European flower, and its pretty walks and smooth lawns, a curious contrast to the avenue beyond, on each side of which nature was left in all its wild luxuriance.

The lake of Klaka was behind the house, and on the opposite side rose the Lamongan, apparently close at hand, but in reality four miles distant. It is an active volcano, six thousand five hundred feet in height, broken at the summit, which, consisting apparently of red stone or clay, is of a yellow