PANAROOCAN, a town of Java, in the north-east-
ern extremity of the island, situated on a river which enters the sea by several mouths. It was formerly the capital of an ancient principality, but is now subject to the Dutch. It has a square fort, built with palisades and planks, and which stands about three quarters of a mile from the sea, in a marshy plain. Long. 114. E. Lat. 7. 40. S.