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CHAPTER VIII.
Batoe lies to the north-west of Malang, in a mountainous, and, as its name implies, a stony locality. It is a small village, very prettily situated, and, as soon as 1 had obtained permission from the Resident of Passeroewan to stay a few days more in the neighbourhood, our Rees-Wagen was on its way to the place. We left Malang at half-past six p.m., and passing the hospital, took the road to the left, near the river. We had not proceeded very far before we came in full view of the Kawie, distinguished from the adjacent mountains by its conical peak, and said to be eight thousand feet above the level of the sea. To our right, but far in the distance, was the range of the Bañyha—much or many—so called from the
