GARUT, a district in the residency of East Preanger, in Java, Dutch East Indies, the seat of an assistant resident, and a native regent. It is Sundanese territory, has a population of 108,162, and is the centre of a well-cultivated region, noted for its tea, rubber and chinchona plantations, but is better known as one of the principal and most beautiful health resorts of Java. Situated at a height of 2,30o ft. above sea-level, the town is very charmingly laid out. The district forms a plateau, around which are grouped magnificent mountains, some volcanoes, with mountain lakes, hot springs and other wonders of nature. Among the most interesting excursions are the crater of the Papandayan, a volcano still active, which blew out the greater part of one side of a mountain in 1772, killing thousands of people and destroy ing much of the surrounding countryside, and now erupts from the enormous crater hole which is left ; the Kawah Kamodyan, a most interesting collection of pools of boiling mud, geysers and f umaroles ; the Telega Bodas, or White Lake, situated amidst charming forest scenery; the Kawah Manut, or Bird's Crater; the lakes of Bagendit and Leles, and the hot springs of Chipanas; the lake of Pend j alu ; and Mount Chikorai. (E. E. L.)