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��CHAPTER IX.

E.VRLYiiext morningwe leftfor Tjaiidjor(Clianjor), the road to which, through a mountainous district, i.s a continuous ascent and descent. Beyond the second post we drove under a high, rock}' moun- tain called Ilawa, or the kitchen; a peculiar appel- lation, derived from some stones of enormous size, sha])ed somewliat like culinary utensils, which the Sundanese assert to liave formerly belonged to the Gragasset'S, or giants, who inhabited these parts hundreds of years ago.

.Vbout live miles farther on, we came in sight of the Paiigaraiigo and (iliedde mountains, as fami- liar to JJataviaus as Mont Plauc and Vesuvius are to us.

After the iiftli ]ost, Ivajahmundula, the road

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