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Napal Licin, sometimes written as Napal Litjin from the Dutch East Indies era, is a location in south A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern archipelago: a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883
Henry Ogg Forbes, Harper & brothers, 1885 page 250, 251, 279
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een meisje van Napal Litjin residentie Djambi TMnr 60002759.jpg, Portrait of girl in Napal Litjin, Djambi Residency (
Napal Licin, sometimes written as Napal Litjin from the Dutch East Indies era, is a location in south Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
that was visited by European explorers at the end of the 19th century. A cave in the area, Napal Licin Cave, features stalactite
A stalactite (, ; from the Greek 'stalaktos' ('dripping') via
''stalassein'' ('to drip') is a mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or man-made structures such as bridges and mines. Any material that is soluble an ...
s and stalagmite
A stalagmite (, ; from the Greek , from , "dropping, trickling")
is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings. Stalagmites are typically ...
s and is a tourist attraction that can be reached by boat up the Rawas River
The Rawas River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about northwest of the capital Jakarta
*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.Air Rawas- Geonames.org. It is a tributary of the Musi River.
Geography
The river flows in th ...
, a tributary of the Musi River Musi may refer to:
* Musi River (Indonesia)
* Musi River (India), Telangana
* Moosy River, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Musi language, a Malay language spoken in Indonesia
* Angelo Musi (1918–2009), American basketball player
* Agostino de' Musi, real ...
.
Henry Ogg Forbes reached Napal Licin during his expedition to central Sumatra. He described it as a picturesque village at the base of a perpendicular limestone peak, Karang-nata (Karang Nato). He climbed it, describing the caves with stalactites and thousands of bats he encountered, as well as ferns, orchids, and a species of Boea
''Boea'' is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with species originating from Australia, China, India, Malaysia, Birma, Philippines, Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, Vietnam an ...
. He also found a species of nutmeg with fruit "as large as the largest orange". He also found ants "milking" a ''Hemipteron
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to aro ...
'' which produced droplets for them.Henry Ogg Forbes, Harper & brothers, 1885 page 250, 251, 279
Gallery
Jambi
Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,160.05 km2, and a sea area of 3, ...
) by Daniël David Veth
Daniël David Veth (17 February 1850 – 19 May 1885) was a Dutch explorer and photographer.
Veth was the son of Royal Netherlands Geographical Society chairman Pieter Johannes Veth, and studied engineering at technical colleges in Hanov ...
(circa 1878)
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een inwoner van Napal Litjin Palembangsche Bovenlanden district Rawas Sumatra TMnr 60002771.jpg, A native of Napal Litjin Palembang Uplands district Rawas Sumatra
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Batang Koeloes bij Napal Litjin district Rawas Sumatra TMnr 60002802.jpg, "Batang Koeloes" at Napal Litjin district, Rawas, Sumatra
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Man en jongetje uit Napal Litjin district Rawas Sumatra TMnr 60002780.jpg, Man and boy in Napal Litjin
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een touwspinner te Napal Litjin Palembangsche Bovenlanden Sumatra TMnr 60002757.jpg, A rope spinner
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een achtjarig meisje afkomstig uit Napal Litjin district Rawas Sumatra TMnr 60002779.jpg, A girl
See also
*Theloderma licin
''Theloderma licin'', also known as the smooth frog and the white-backed bug-eyed frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, and Indonesia's Sumatra island. It inhabits lowland to mont ...
, a species of frog
*Musi Rawas
Musi Rawas Regency is a regency of South Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Prior to 2013, it covered an area of 12,134.57 km2 and had a population of 524,919 at the 2010 Census; however on 10 June 2013 the northern half of the regency was split off ...
* Kerinci Seblat National Park
References
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