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The Malay Archipelago
Volume I. (of II.)

CHAPTER XVII
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This at least is the general opinion, as he suffered from a painful disease which was supposed to have made him weary of his life.

His body was found next day in the stream below.
Unfortunately, no good view of the fall could now be obtained, owing to the quantity of wood and high grass that lined the margins of the precipices.

There are two falls, the lower being the most lofty; and it is possible, by long circuit, to descend into the valley and see them from below.

Were the best points of view searched for and rendered accessible, these falls would probably be found to be the finest in the Archipelago.

The chasm seems to be of great depth, probably 500 or 600 feet.


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