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 164 LIFE IN JAVA.

The climate of Djokdja Karta is very salubrious, the temperature, except at mid-day, being cool and pleasant. The sea-breezes and heavy dews, which refresh the air at night, are often so chilly that one requires a blanket in bed as a protection against them ; and the absence of mosquitoes, which, in most parts of Java, buzz their terrible nightly trum- pet when they are about to levy sanguinary mail upon your flesh, is a blessing the value of which all travellers in the East can estimate.

This province produces excellent coffee. Wheat and barley also grow in some of its hilly districts. It is in fact considered very rich in agricultural produce.

Twelve miles from Djokdja is Parangtritis, or Paman-jingan a small village on the sea-board, facing the Indian Ocean. The meaning of the first name is "a stalactite rock;" from Parang "a rock," and tritis " studded with stones." Stalac-

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