Show tarn th newyork new york aaion AN IN THE INTERIOR 1 I 1 OF JAVA I 1 1 I 1 I 1 od onah 1 ihl I 1 4 opt Op october ober tober 1 85 3 1 I started on an excursion I 1 to bibi a pvn about forty miles from batavia ilia tb capital orovil Js having a gracd breed to share the expenses of a poa post carr ge ith G a retired dutch officer an and d ins his wife n ife A byj was as ready to start at an early hour hall r I 1 hoping thus tor to escape the fierce rays of a topical smi bt II 11 waited forthe for the carriage carnage for some time after sunrise until at at a quai iter past six I 1 saw whirling into the courty courtyard ald int 0 twe the hotel a commodious eche drawn by fx fohir spirited java ponies A milay coachman sit ontex aud and behind on ohp footboard stood i two malay also one to each pairl tatt elt e I 1 to td in in did not take long and abd at twenty mi mil to seven we afe proc proceeding beding a at full juthe the banks of the thi canal or river wah tam it 1 tolls through the mid aidt ot of B gravitt Bata gt avitt viat on oil O n irita the open apen coien coun 0 try iry the scent aas was very 1 i vy e were trav elling along a noble stra 4 imir I J C carefully j t f u 11 y ari mac c and bai af A A i cheesy tamarind I 1 on one bonef side sidd of oj us aari rari ran parallel k tf el the P t roain m VP load a narrower roa road d not macadamised thia to wa was s appropriated ta to the triffie of the native pop ulai ula ion fion abw wu was crowded by a swarthy crew in every triode mode of dress or rathe rat herot undress idress ur I 1 and in evera attitude of intense activity some soine wore 1 I 1 loose hose linen lined drawers and no chirt others 19 shirts I and an d no drawers drav ft dwiers dt ners neither tah arts not noi drawers d ra erp I 1 so some me had bad others enormous straw hits hats p chefs machines 1 ej nyer ala 11 11 punchbowls punch bowls m id of wicker and ina covered over 1 withie w ith a of riely colors an awo pal terna many q ahw t angel dressed beings ate were driving driving smail sm two ti o wheel whee 13 elcarta ea c carta neatly made having tp a light bol ailt and d ara wn by small bockle axen xan as qt ep about the fetlocks fet fe do locks As as a well vell bred horse boron long strings of these earls carts wenty twenty or thirty perhaps travel together carrying C a produce prod tice from one loda locality lity to another others again agaid of the people were carr carrying yink an on their beadi or on a bamboos stica laid acroca their shoulders shou every species of fruit or vegetable beget ahle ane country I 1 forth all 1 tl alisis isis iniel bvm wild crips cries and outlandish 1 sometimes a 9 quiet gillit group wt repos ing under the sha shade of Wg I 1 tree mi i rl fathers 1 ers mothers babi bobies es all tage td getner I 1 I 1 e we altitude atti fude of exquisite unto ndell J 9 gace g it ace e T the natives nat avei are jpe per bitted to use usi rh an rodi d r in case they thay hay have afo n 0 horse or ca cart rt wit 11 ll am b I 1 As wb we con V linned our course cours I 1 observed Ted th the e I 1 sr s r s r adea beof the ibe roads lined with pretty malay wood with their overhanging roofs roof each nest blag in in its lown a aorta 11 or two amidst absolute lux lax ri j ance i then I 1 into anipen s wani r country every abot 0 afi which vill ich was vak en up ia ith th in which layf the ground d wa was 9 I 1 masea that the water ran frolka terrace to Q arace ll 11 I 1 irrigates irrig ateo a the wable country ow a alieda WP passed pi a civi fihe giouse Ii ouse i abed il ie doh h A a slight with ith a fifi fins estate 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 find ingaro it we travelled tra felled very sift swiftly tk 1 1 accomplishing ahe the arty arty thues in three haar 0 a fifty nii minutes I 1 1 4 I 1 t th the fuld y al alof of every six six or bev s even en miles as a A sl i ho ir u fehere e hafti whre the lie 1 rel reay i i horses or are ka kept ej 11 4 1 h hese ese aarons s cori I 1 t f a a so solid a rah t of y rown across llie road ap pe ous I 1 enough tp loleat lole ct 16 I 1 i the lie hurning burning ag sw J p andl q ur s one dj chud the other t tha ha house uia afi of biej e A aning K ki rig a ftp ra pent room ra om nd d doar d or aps I 1 0 o alg for rbra ti eight saro agi relays ys they he 40 4 not axi W java I 1 it litle 49 afi horses I 1 I 1 it I 1 mgt ji hek r mention lion flakas fhay as chepo the de girt nae nt is ibi of the be government grything grything is ii properly done and d gs goes on weh N e J t r I 1 ak merely ta send the money td totite athla post house and 4 n no ohp izoar a at t w ki eh hei e wishes i ashes dostart to lo start an and d himself no further brouhle four little active fuh gallop whether hether vii baday by daj or r I 1 by b night burry hurt yih tan to the i J part of jaia Java if iab he tot toa gw go there when I 1 theroa deate are hefa heavy vyt six but not at ab eilda expense to a the tra I 1 fe forget rj whet hettke lathin 1 tg la at evvy defy relay tut tl 1 L hor daw pers I hex are it is is to giva these list last afew a few at th the e endom end of a but if yoa refuse the there i re Is po mutter ai oc ilir the changing of the rela relays Ys off a ards great fun between theia bookin inu k tn g 0 capres just the carriage I 1 aad the ir fiefe esh ones waiting 1 to io be put to ta e I 1 is sll P to 1 I hb ila a little littly eliae 1 flirta fl arfa 1 lion I 1 thiis flir lat kin c consists alta mell ell a is squeak u ak 1 a bite aad nd a aipa k ia ana abd iirth d I 1 tour ur 6 pi ara are of almost f st S im 0 mt aheong boffl f aix nd I 1 11 are aresu te q b ie responded to ylie JT ee i s mos t q amus us ilg ar jimps gi aps one p 11 lin ty of I 1 0 gh o ering hs haering erving r g harn everi every variety of posture I 1 I 1 1 the aur I 1 istl arv eleven a or twelve jeand high i t ri bresh relsey rel scy suffer su flar thep lulves t to I 1 be iia 40 tobe the krip out giving the 9 slightest I 1 trob lej hut ut with the starting tile the di hiie jie awn avi wheel cam cpm ibi lafierce a fierce and determined r jib ahil whilst at tile the exise up on po end d and jp thel the aik abbt at thia ithe driver neit liei frowns anra sr smili niles gs he shares shared not nat thein eno emo lions i he Ws astill waiching haift fig for of their the tr feelings arid the exertions odthe of the two housekeep ers era rhese two each of whom could easily lift one ontoh of his charges off the gro ground ond i hold the wheels odthe awe on either side until the four little things detri determine nine to 10 exert their e ner efler gies gieg in the agit rig ht direction I 1 I 1 I 1 by und and by edne ivha after acter sh ailiin g his head in a very verb anal mahner has to tie ha has s from hi ats attempt i tr hi it by la daus blaw whip of thi atolia ald cb achman makes a for forward I 1 with ith a force which would bre break akk any ady ordinary frace rane and fei r pushes h ls z fis along with han 1 the horse 6 ap e r a t then I 1 ien 1 lea leave vb t ih i aa r aw fulwoo LA L A illch tb aliey ey have been lloldi holding rn or endeavoring I 1 to 0 wein an and d run by the id of their char charges div gibing int va ant t OU d vocie era lions s omel hino bet betge w 6 p a y yi vell I a shout a abaer I 1 poil arje J 7 V sip r up ow the s sound ou ri dushake shak esthe the melq reins j phie biljes uw whip and aad ina few mon lents the ar are ot off at a wild gallop uphill and down dale which relaxes not until the carriage ap the he shad shada ol of thi the next post station I 1 huoh is tra velling in ja baat the he present day I 1 1 agot pago t to say li hat at tile the expense tur to about appunn ate lefor evry every ten miles i 1 30 po return from fro I 1 his digression after travel ai ling rig sixteen n a or r e eighteen miles we got on higher ground and felt the air morn more ahin and elas tin we began also to see the peaks of the mountains which we were approaching chin g the interior of java is very mountainous and contains several active and extinct volcanoes volean oes under an efti extinct volcano and stately mountain salak with its five peaks is the pleasure retreat of tile the good people of ba B tavia situated s A As s we approached this charming town the cool air from the hills refreshed us and our eyes ware were greeted by a thousand objects which one I 1 loses es when tra velling travelling in a plain at one time we 3 I 1 crossed bridges brid artfully are fully roofed over as in sum in 2 parl pa rth of tile the continent which had been disown ih rown acro s rapid streams at another we gazed from an eminence ii on the wooded mountain cheque red wi th every degree of light and aliade hade whilst all around us was was a burst of if vegetation v ge tift ion which no one can understand who las has apt travelled in n the east tile tae foliage naas was not tile the light delicate green of an Engli english sli spring nor the faded apology for green gr een which wears oae 0 11 e a eyes out with its monotony in australia bat ric rich h ripe and dark combining the fresh beauty of youth with tile the kiture viar vigor of age i I 1 massive plantations of ceapa coapa nut trees studded the landscape here and there whilst many a cleage cl tage peeped out from its little grove of plantain I 1 I 1 I 1 i the sky was cloudless cloudiest overhead alt although heugh dark clouds were mantling the forehead of the gigantic via antic salak the wind or balmy air air was i ingam id tile the broad branches of the indian fit fi trel and birds of aari rari rare plumage shot through ithe age air uttering discordant cries I 1 I 1 sometimes we met post carriages e containing wealthy chinese returning from froin a visit vib it to their r J estates i s in llie i gerior dressed in their clean and simote costume autric falm wince boobe buus tr ui ers white while stockings stocking 3 and bohocs sometimes at I 1 a POI post house t we encountered a javanese rajah I 1 W with ith his attendants always including the gilt i brelia beaber p fisting sting home homeward rard 1 from the 1 I 1 gr great e at exhibition batavia I 1 at intervals we pissed roadside road rond side mett houses in iii 4 wh ich indescribable ediew edible were ivere I 1 temptingly wil laid out oat swat swarthy thy travellers trav trai ellers Alei s were I 1 grouped i ro round and these standing sitting or tather rather og g and reclining eating bananas a ap a rias suck I 1 I 1 k ng 0 ot angs tasting and arit flunking jk in g lemonade all chatting with such quiet cor I 1 lighty liaH ty that thai I 1 longed to get out old I 1 1 of thle the carriage I 1 and join them I 1 I 1 thus rr h the che unwary art wo aty flours wore I 1 on un until td at t I 1 just we came to a white obelisk 0 standing as a aj I 1 sentinel pen Isep tinel to a magnificent i avenue of trees three miles in leng length ath at the termination of winch which uy lay 1 em bosomed in the massive foliage of eastern I 1 trees the connary palace van ivan twist gov of netherlands india A and rad soon the traffic and maby roadside road side cot talfer tag es told us we were approaching the town we then found our ourselves selves in along street lined and shops in every conceivable style lif architecture but all clean and neat as the th Dutch require them to lit be ins de the shop were to be seen active and chinese weighing out their stores 1 to the natives and I 1 da daresay ire sa cheating chernin every conceivable way for tile the chinese ate are to the east I 1 what the je jew is to the west at full dellop through all atoch towi e containing perhaps twenty thousand inhabitants and aad announced by bv the cries and sma inar f our at attendant te danti for eael carried ried a whip hip as ai well agthe as the boac ani at t half 5 I 1 I 1 past ten we drove in great style up to the doors of the beit Baiten enborg hotel de belle vue accomplishing our on r I 1 lorty ort Y miles in in three hours and fifty es V r the rote hotel I 1 de belle vuey in inalie athe interior of java and its lipp appointments 0 would do cr editto arly any ancial town in europe budroot Bu root A d fl flight 1 of stone kieft leps 1 ly bs balustrade leads to alioe and spacious l verandah verdi daa 1 ranging along ht aga odthe house b use in mhd ollre altre wk ia a doorway through which the traveller enters the 11 these salons run run end to end end and tale take ab ill the e whole vi h 6 ae dep depth pi of the tile I 1 firt first fir t i A tiia huseas asa a salon it magr anger ni the second ais as it a 11 I 1 w sec onais cf is furnished with I 1 fauteuils faut euils art arid il sofas or and i d sup hiie d with in ini s er tive aia ari e at art b 6 ova and p prints lyn the view v iak v iwa froan fro p i i 1 j f s aloon 1 fi as is seen s 7 through ou it the naka back is t ex ry blind 2 in mag a g nt I 1 the hotel itself isel ip s bult on th the e ver verge grof of wiep a beep a and wide valley which balch seR arap eq Buiten from thI the oj alg sides of mount salak alik the whole h aie of th atu villy is is watered by wid rapid tp yook boks a i in in every every direction direct iq and is is filled W with ith gra grand ild I 1 tareq of olevery every description among winch which those of the palm tribe pre predominate domin 9 let the reader hen fancy to himself hirni elf that he is 11 lyex oyer I 1 welds of these adese s stately ia t el y g guard rd allo with their of in expressible verdure arching and di stooping over oue another tin in ambr umbrageous umbrage oua embrace cap papi cious i ly allaf shifting ting as ai fan fanned by ahe the soft wind w their ar amorous horbus bat let him in i uon allow his eye to tovo rov over miles mile of a seene scene this untie it if is rests suddy slope sw bieh swee sweep pup up from tile the atle i 11 1 let haw these slopes are 8 succeed uc cea d ed by th the bold add precipitous tipi sides ides of t the e mountain b rent by q and furrowed by many a lava ii stream ial days of old now cloth bil ed with ith n orus fern er i n trees and abid impenetrable jali jangle le aid then injian again how this belt of vet dure dair eddes I 1 a away V a y into sterile i rocks rock which afa by a succession of precipices i i r raise aise the themselves rn edveg tb the height of bf te feet t mould e A iq into f 0 A V dis distinct t i li t I 1 F p e eaks aks standing out R sharp a 7 r arst clear from t the lie da dark blue ak sky 1 all aad d f forming 0 r r giogi A the I 1 p se serrated I 1 dorsum dot sum I 1 imin anft of no longer vomiting his tires fires what the ie reader aar tai thus ll 11 fancies 1 realized stand ing aig on oil the hac back vera verandah n d all of the hoei I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t 1 T tl f iq inns imps in ii java areV jery the ggs being pr property the resident iiii af the turns a landlord out odthe of the ana puts I 1 a anothy coill T lessee essee in in should there be ae any founded corp complaint plaint against iiii hina I 1 I 1 at tins this hotel we had most excellent excel excO leat mea as a day table chote d hote fashion breakfast at eight lunch binch at noon naon aud dinner at half past s six ix all these were mist ample consisting of excellent fish meat poultry vegetables vegetable a and four entrees anti ees ot of I 1 a goo good d curry was sure to be crib one tea could be had for nothing ereal er called ledfor for was four shillings a bottle at and A charged exclusively A delicious deh cious hil light itale ale brewed brawt in amsterdam and far more wholesome 0 the than our drugged diug ged fehd achy india ale was to be had fur for eight eighteen en anee a bottle I 1 I 1 had a very good bed dooin room up in in the commodious french style the charge tor for board and v ans sten ten s it a ilay day this is is the government tariff of charges adges for ull all the hotels in in java ard and it sufficiently reminer demun er ates tile the maitre d hotel for it must be home boine in mind that ill all edibles e s are very cheap in in java the mr 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