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the most ample acknowledgment for the great pains taken 

 by both those gentlemen to enable us, without losing time 

 consulting about other cares, to devote our entire attention to 

 scientific examination. Indeed, the whole arrangements of 

 this trip may be held to indicate what the Dutch Government 

 is able to attain by the astute policy of leaving the executive 

 power entirely in the hands of the native chiefs, and with 

 what admirable exactness the despotic orders of these two 

 united powers are carried into execution. 



'' The brother of the Regent of Bandong, a truly chival- 

 rous soul, but imperious and full of aristocratic hauteur in 

 his deportment towards the peasantry, was our companion 

 and guard of honour. All our material requirements had 

 been cared for by the Regent in the most luxurious profusion. 

 Four servants and a special cook, together with a number 

 of coolies, were sent in advance to our next designated rest- 

 ing-place, sometimes in the heart of a forest, or upon a hill, 

 or in a narrow defile, so that on our arrival we found our 

 table already set for us. On these occasions, when there was 

 no Pasanggrahan or comfortable hut at hand for our mid- 

 day siesta, or for our accommodation at night, we found an 

 elegant hut of bamboo and palm leaves (of which materials 



prince was extremely delighted when he was informed of it, and said he longed for 

 the horn* when the imperial decoration was to arrive that he might put it on and 

 wear it. Singularly enough the presents and letters of acknowledgment sent to the 

 Dutch Government in the Hague for remittance, were not forwarded direct by the 

 mail steamer, but as customary by saihng vessels, so that they only arrived six 

 months after they were presented ! 



