trahie. woods .and moun tains. -The ; passés which lead through
these to the - coasts are .extremely .steep and | difficult, and
'Scarcely : known even||by the natives,. themselves-. A s. soon as
wé advance from ten to twenty miles from the coasts ^ahoun-
t r y -prëstents itséîfygteatly differing . from the sea-^eoast both in
soil, climate, . and appearance. After, ascending the mountains
and passing the weeds, g we .find' ourselves dn the midst of -a
■ country, no t -.advanced, many stages .beyond the dirst - state of
improvement, and which ym._- .arm astonished. to. find in the:
i neighbourhood. of the , ' highly cultivated fields which, surround
Cplumbo. i -As fwe : advance towards -the centre o-f. “the island
' the. country.gradually rises, and the woods and Tuountains nvhich
■ separate tliee several. .parts of {the country became more, isteep:
and - impervious» .
At is in tbe -midst of these- -faStuesses that th en atwe prince
still preserves those remains pf territory ' andMpow^ whlch have
been left him by. .successive invaders. 'His dQminions-rarerno'W
much reduced in size; for besides the .whole ®f th e ;ma-coasfis3
which were *>f any value, the Dutch, -in .their -various attacks:
during the fe&t century, hare contrived to -get-into -their power
'every tr a c t from, which they could derive either, emolument
, ' or security. Those provinces which . still remain' to him are
'K'ourecalava and Iloteonriy towards the nortli aadmorth-westy
■while Matul.y, comprehending the districts of Bintaua, Velas,
• and Panoa, with a few others, occupies those-parts 'mote to
’the eastward. To the y-south-east lies Ouyah, a 'province, o f
some note, and whence the king derives one of his titles. The
western parts are chiefly included in th e provinces of^Cotemal-
•and Hotteracorley. These different provinces' are -subdivided
unto corles or districts, t and entirely belong-to the native
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prhrce. I t uti needless to recount the hamfefeo# thiose); divisions
whiteht 8tretck?fa3iwaKds- t e t:saa»noast,. aiAlardlknw. & i0UIi
’posaessi®®.
In riie; Ihgfcest and mosticentricah parteof the native king's
■dominions^, \m they ddrles oq? esuntieshof ©udanmrr and Tatanour,
in which/ ate situated the two principal, either | These- comities
takenltlie : pra^emhienoe :ol alb tiler rest',; - and ate both befctek
Cultivated, aird more populous - than any. the: other districts,,
apd> are: distinguished by"the< general name of! Conrih Uddat
cond&, -oTjornde in- the native-language signifying a mountain,
and udefai the: greatest. b e ' highest. -
i Pins province oC Condfr ¥d d a is: even nwrec inaccessible thaw
th0 dtto,^amd.- faH3a3 a sd ^w e re as sqpmte/.iingdoM /of itself!
CSi evecy-side> itids’ SKmamctedf :fep* kafyy
wood, and the; .paths: by which ifc is entered seem little «tore:
than-.thri tmutslofi wild beasts* ^ h a rd s ra re ^ itm e d fh rfW om id
• tohpngydHBt- both /entrance and escape; for; deftnee'’ they might
seem^enlthely superfluous;, did tveho&heacMectfi th at tk e p e h e ^
ve^nasei.Qbtthcf Buteh ovaicaine ah.- these: obstacles,
a; way » to v thdv,«ry- cebtre ofelthisi naturalfftrtifieatioisb '
In- th<^,district of Tatanour lies' Gandy,'1 th d royal' fsdHeiled
arad the capital, of, that natives prince’s*, detmiidons. Itiis situated
a b fh&, di^ajaee of . eighty milesrfroxm,. Golonibd,. a n d ^ ^ j a s
Mmern±mnmmmlets9 in- -titer midst ofhMfy'andwstefepd hills
bdift'ed .wit» The;- nirrowr-ahdrdiffictiltt passes hp
which it is approached, are intersected > With thick-;* lodges <of
thorn ; and; hedges of the same sort ate' drawn round the Kills
iu .the vicinity ofoGandy. like lilies-' ©T eiiseumvalfatioh.' Through f
them the: only p a s s a g e ^ by'gated of the- -sattieThorfiy, materials,*
so.ecmtriy&d ^ r tu 'b e : drawn upland; let?:down: byi roj>&; -Wheif
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