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Cheribon and Banyumas. It is officially termed the Preanger Regencies, of which there are five, covering the several administrative divisions. It also includes the small island of Nusa Were. The natives are Sudanese. The whole residency is mountainous, but there are two See also:

main parallel ranges of peaks along the See also:

NORTHERN

northern boundary and through the See also:

MIDDLE

middle. Among these are to be found a singularly large number of both active and inactive volcanoes, including the well-known Salak and Gede in the See also:

north, and bunched together at the eastern end the Chikorai, Papandayan, Wayang, See also:

MALABAR

Malabar, Guntur, &c., ranging from 6000 to ro,000 ft. in height. The See also:

rivers of the See also:

province belong to the basins of the Indian Ocean and the Java See also:

Sea respectively, the See also:

WATER

water-parting being formed by the western and eastern ends respectively of the northern and See also:

SOUTHERN

southern lines of See also:

mountain peaks. The two which drain the largest See also:

basin are the Chi Manuk and the Chi Tarum, both rising in the eastern end of the province and flowing north-east and north-See also:

west respectively to the Java Sea. The Chi Tandui, also rising here, flows See also:

south-east to the Indian Ocean, and alone of all the rivers in this province is navigable. Large stretches of See also:

marsh occur on each See also:

side of this See also:

RIVER

river, as well as here and there among the hills where inland lakes formerly existed, as, for instance, near Bandung. See also:

CRATER

Crater lakes are Telaga (See also:

lake) Budas, in the crater of the See also:

VOLCANO

volcano of the same name in the south-east, and Telaga Warna, on the slopes of the Gede, famous for its beautiful tinting. On the same side of the Gede is the See also:

HEALTH

health resort of Sindanglaya (founded 1850-1860), with a See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring containing See also:

salt, and See also:

close by is the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of Chipanas, belonging to the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

general.

Numerous warm springs are scattered about this volcanic region. See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

Petroleum and See also:

COAL

coal have been worked, and there is a See also:

rich yield of See also:

CHALK

chalk, while a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality of bricks is made from the red See also:

clay. The See also:

SOIL

soil is in general very fertile, the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal products being See also:

rice, See also:

MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize and See also:

PULSE

pulse (kachang) in the See also:

LOWER

lower grounds, and See also:

CINCHONA

cinchona, See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee and See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea, as well as See also:

COCOA

cocoa, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco and fibrous See also:

PLANTS

plants in the hills. The coffee cultivation has, however, consider-ably diminished. See also:

FOREST

Forest culture, See also:

MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

mat-making, See also:

WEAVING

weaving and See also:

fish-breeding are also practised, the last-named in the marshes after the rice See also:

HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest. The plantations are almost entirely owned by the See also:

government and Europeans, but the rice See also:

mills are in the hands of See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese. See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

Irrigation See also:

WORKS

works have been carried out in various parts. The principal towns are Bandung, the See also:

capital of the residency, Sukabumi, Chianjar, Sumedang, Chichalengka, Garut, Tasik Malaya and See also:

Marion Jaya, all with the exception of Sumedang connected by railway.

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