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WoNOSOBO is;i small town, with several very pretty European houses, and an extensive tea godown. It is situated on lii<^h ground, on the sloj:)CS of which are rice fields, and occasional plan- tations of trees. Mountains and hills are seen in all directions, the former particularly beautiful. The view, as seen from the house we were stay- ing at, was very lovely, reminding one more of a scene in Switzerhmd, or the Tyrol, than the trojiics. T'niikc the towns and villages in the low hind, Eiu'opeans walk about iluring the day with- (jut any solo-tojjcc, or umljrcjlla, the climate being cool and agreeabh'.

Our reason for visiting Wonosobo was to make it the. startiug-])oint for the Dieng, which, besides

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