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LOMBOCK: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE.
HAVING made a very fine and interesting collection of the birds of Labuan Tring, I took leave of my kind host, Inchi Daud, and returned to Ampanam to await an opportunity to reach Macassar.

As no vessel had arrived bound for that port, I determined to make an excursion into the interior of the island, accompanied by Mr.Ross, an Englishman born in the Keeling Islands, and now employed by the Dutch Government to settle the affairs of a missionary who had unfortunately become bankrupt here.
Mr.Carter kindly lent me a horse, and Mr.Ross took his native groom.
Our route for some distance lay along a perfectly level country bearing ample crops of rice.

The road was straight and generally bordered with lofty trees forming a fine avenue.

It was at first sandy, afterwards grassy, with occasional streams and mudholes.