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302 follow the freaks of the young animals, and so, instead of going over the bank, it came to a dead halt before it, giving us a violent jolt by the suddenness of the check. This occasioned a momentary panic and a short detention, some portions of the harness being broken; but, when all was once more ready for a start, the coucer, who seemed determined to make up for lost time, lashed the refractory beasts so unmercifully that they started off like an express train, carrying us rapidly through dense forests of teak and dadup, the bark of which latter tree, by the way, is often used as a substitute for rope.

As we approached the second station, Patjie, we had before us, in a direct line, the range of the Pundan mountains, which separate Madioen from the province of Kembang. We also caught sight of Ngabull, or Ngebell, one of the same range, but partially hidden by the high peaks of Leiman and Dorawaddy. At this post I saw a few broken