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 CHAPTER I.

Being invited by a Swedish gentleman to pass a few days at his country seat, we started next day, accompanied by our host; and as I had been promised a good day's sport, I made all necessary preparations for hunting.

Leaving the town, we crossed the Madioen river on a raft made of bamboo, and were landed on the opposite side with but little difficulty, though, when swelled by rains, the river, owing to the strong currents, is quite impassable.

We then drove through a flat country, of cane and rice plantations, not altogether uninteresting — the plain, which, otherwise, would have appeared almost interminable, being broken by the Lawoe Rh