Lakes,.
is èi'tendMgWithrtfie increase of agriculture, by reason ofrtbe guaptity of^uL
nebéssanfy washed down ia' theïpcoeèss^f irrigating th;e l?.pd,foB tfee-mpe,
M Ê M M i Most of 'them .reipaiféthe application of jettip^ 9* Piers. 't0
deépen thè passages: atrthçir ;bntrance.r J . ' . . . . , :
T h è ^ a t e b o 4 tMes # ;ahyi!Coinsi-derable',size onjava, fonfhat name cannot
GeneralAspect.
awwnps, which, though; s a ile d ,tQ a-çonsidexaWe.
â i e :in the Wet’'season," are fo tfb e rest-of the yeas.either dried; np.,or-ehoked
M Végétation. : O f this description are two-exfcëitóve tracts ; ,one -inland of
Japârd, ûsu&lly termed hy-the Dutch the Binnen Zee,, or inlandse:^ and
Énbihéfdü thé' district: o&Semctrahg« In Bqglm also djOpe :Qf the-;natj,iys
provinces on' the sou thorn jsi’d e o f the island) there is a lake which supplies
thé' neighbouring courttry-wifh fish, and along the coast of- Wjhiç# a traffic is
carried oii'ih boats. . - • * : > "
Extensive swamps are also found in-some parts of the native, provinces,
and in’the mountainous districts of the'Eunda country. _ §§veraj. v^y. beau-
tifùllakès, of smaïl'dimensidns,'"are discovered -among;the/hills, and some
of them can evidently be shewn toffiavé been-formed, of,the craters,of extinct
The general-aspect of-Java on thé northern coast B B —
swampy and-ovèrgrown with mangrove trees -and..bushes,, p a r^g g ^y
towàfdsW west. The .southern- cóast, on the cepi^ary,''hpng^a, almost
entirely of -a series-of rocks and diffs, which rise perpendicularly, to
a cdoeîdèràblé’height. In the interior, stupendous monntaina-£tr4eh Jong*
tuditóliy throughout the island, while' others of an inferipr^%vafipnv and
ihnümëfâblë irarigés of hiUs.miimng
confine plains and valleys'of variouseleVations.and extent. Onfhe,porthem
side, the ascent is in general very gradual, from the sea)cpast.to1,thehmme~
diate base of'the mountains ; particularly in the western parts ef^onsl^nd,
where it hisis the greatest .breadth, and where the mountains,are ,situated far
inland. In approaching the mountains, which lie at the hack of Batavia,
ihèfê' is a gradual but almost imperceptible acclivity, .for, abQUbfortyj miles.
In óthér parts, where the mountains and hills approach nearer tp„the "poast,
the ascent is of course mbre abrupt, asmay beobserved in the , .vicinity of
:Bfeimrhtig. •’ '•: ■ '--y.1 ■
Although the northern coast is in many parts flat and uninteresting, tije
interior and southern provinces, from the mountainous .-character ,of.%
country, may 1& reckoned- amongst the most romantic and highly diversified
I thg<wotM*^"flnltïfag’Éïll-the -rich and magnificent A c e ^ y filwhich waving
f l S B l Streams; and honstaPl^erdpre .caiRpj-esent, heightened
c ^'^he'Whesif’b f thë‘ lëtevated'’pMns • are,; .in 4Ke <w
forced’'MtW&h!tir e - r tth g e S o o f volcanos which-brancbjoff fi$pi thp
?0% r ; < ^ / ^ nd 'i®? the. east^rthose/hsuallyiterpi^ the
’and' Which > eXtêtfd ‘along the; ceptrabidistnfils frops
o '^KèUiri!'andnthe’Ksitë'5öfi • -th e -aticiefrit-capitahof
TÖéïé ‘ iTè^ilï0 'èbnsïaSaM(è[' :magïiïtude,; hndi3vitte}the)veiCceiptib^r of the
'an# the^pröv-inch of<>mênywMd&', thwu#v;phich. %
ó f ' è è^ « --;beiids‘ IféP! wipding and^romgutic; qpurse^.are
M W M H M M I l B i the ‘island. oioThu kmilapSs,.: h g w j ^ r , ^
hM:^itiio%tfhhir4TarmS!to' thafdisfiïietiow; especially:,the,-flats
pne^" an Extensive swsClhp'^' aö& tlfe ,IMta-7pfo
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i | i , ffië:móhhfaiflóus irafiges <of th f tiw e s te fn j^ i^ i^ tftfllje ^ n
where fthé ground: has. beep .pape jcleargd -of.fgj^st,
atè1 n ^ w ^ A ^ w i tK ’^ n ^ alid-'-rank- grah&iuTn dheriC^ral^and .eastern
iw ^ fc ^ f '& ^ ö u n try 'is comparatively Weïlfclafehëd withisul^yation.^
' Quitting tife foraaslMnhè-'fiófth,'' in ■ many parjB U ^ealth^Hfetray^l-
lérékn^aïSly;' % ^ f c e 'fivë miles inland Without feeing a^exisihle ^®r,oye-
lÜ B Ü I the /atmosphe^apd tchma,tg. As he jr.opeelg, -
tó th l s ' a air ;afidPurveys a brighfer^fe^%‘.v^J,rlengtb 'hj; ;^aches
' I # ^ f e é hWdesth&rms:1é f 'nafeur§ arp1tem p e r e 4 ^
ral ai’ts'of man: stiij^(fous: ^mountains clothed with abundantb^vest,im-
petuous baiataets'tamed-to'the' peasant’sjwüls;[^ïere;:ig spe^pé^al ^erdure-^
hél-ëare tints'' ofc the •'brightest ^ h ^ l Imthu A.ottéêt lS5a|pn, ^ h ^ a i r ^ e t ^
H P W W M in -the^riést, eïhe innumerable6islk.-®d:inyi4e^ .RfP^yé
m"ucfe°thèu BW B W tim möuntaiufemer
and 'canilMh^ifrigate.’the land, w-hichfhe bas .laid m l W ^ . « s f o r ^ ^ -
,;Jb e p & ; it' then' a^cehds' tó' the plains,, and spreads / ^ i h t y ^ ^ y e p f i t
flows, till at’last, bynumerousföutletviit discharges itself dntpjhe ses.,,.
I J Almost all ïhd rhötihtains^or1 volcanos, inrthfe.fergejSe r noticed;
are feund 'on exaMnatiënJ tO-havef. the- sÉnie' geOeral « \ t i tu ti i ? p ^tjiey theüiand.
è re'^t|i!ped,: Verticaliy 'b'y ■ sharp -'ridges, which,!., a s; th^y appiuach s,the; .foot
ó f thé mountain, 1 fake a 'mb$éiwinding',b o i^ sê .^ ,^ h es.ó:1ridg^s
l_ with vallefs; - wHós'e- sides' .are of a very various. declivity* . Large rp^H^jvé
basaltes