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being one of the most elevated situations in Java where Buddhist ruins are still to he found, is a locality teeming with a greater number of volcanic lakes and hot springs, within a limited space, than any other in the island.

We left Wonosobo early in the morning to make our excursion, and had proceeded about two or three miles in the carriage, when we came to a stop on account of a broken bridge. Here horses and coolies were in readiness to take us on, and mounting the former, we galloped onwards to the lake of Mendjer. The tortuous river Srayu, rushing several feet below us, enlivened the scene by the noise it made in dashing against the dark brown rocks and broken spars w^edged in between the stones. In some deeper parts it flowed on in a gentle lull, bending in its course the grass and leaves which, growing Ijy its sides, waved gently under the influence of the soft breeze.

Lake Mendjer, a small sheet of water, is situated

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