CHAPTER V.
Climate of Tosari — Second Journey to the Bromok — Annual Festival — Slamat of the Volcano — Mahomedan Antipathy — Gay Scene — Blessing the Offerings — Throwing them into the Crater — Fowl pitching — Present to my Wife — Another View of the Sand Sea — Battu Cuda — Singular mode of marking the Route — Battu Balang — Good Luck or Bad — Return to Tosari — Leave for Passerpan, and from Thence to Passeroewan . 165
CHAPTER VI.
Start for Probolingo — Bagnio Biro — Our Post-Horses taken by a Controleur — Lake Gratie — Noted for Water-Lilies. Duck-Eggs, and Alligators — Offerings to the Alligators — Probolingo — Leave for Klaka — Bad Road — Kindly Help — Night View of the Volcano — The Passangrahan — Chain connecting Three Volcanoes — Curious Fact — Row round the Lake — Delicious Dip — Proximity of Tigers — Leave Klaka — Harbour of Probolingo — Dangerous Navigation . . . . . . . 179
CHAPTER VII.
Return to Passeroewan — Start for Malang — Inconveniences which may arise from not knowing the Dutch Language — Cascade of Baong — Our Incredulity — Seeing is Believing — Ruins of Singasari — Native Tradition — Malang — In-