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first short nap, and set to work briskly to supply us with all the comforts he Avas able to provide.

The country about Ngawie is charming, though wild in aspect, the Pundun chain forming a back- ground to the town. There are no sights to be seen ; but to a sportsman the adjacent woods must prove most desirable, especially for hunting tigers, which are so numerous that they are often seen by travellers lapping the water out of the ditches that flank the road.

The next morning we passed the extensive aloicn (down before the Regent's house, on our way to Soerakarta. Further on \\q perceived the formid- able-looking fort called "Fort General van den Bosch," which defends the frontier of Madioen at the junction of the two rivers Solo and Madioen. Once fairly beyond the town, we saw before us sombre dense forests of teak, through which our road lay. We were told before starting that tigers frequently cross the road in broad daylight, cither

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