518 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



Dukun then places in front of 

 tne garland an incense-pot, with 

 burning ashes, and a vessel con- 

 taining water, and repeats the 

 two piija to file and water ; the 

 former commencing with " Hong 

 Gendogo Dronto aiig'gas siwoiig'go 

 nomo siwolio," ikc. and the latter 

 with " Hong, hong gong'go molio 

 terto rofo mejel sakirig liati," &c. 

 burning di/pu (incense) at stated 

 periods dming tiie former, and 

 occasionally sprinkling the water 

 over the feast during the lepeii- 

 tion of the latter. 



The clothes of the deceased are 

 then divided among the rein fives 

 and friends; and, the garland 

 burned , another piija com mencing 

 " Hong ! awigno viastu nomo sidam, 

 hong ! aruning," &c. is tlien re- 

 peated, while the remains of the 

 sacred water is sprinkled over the 

 feast ; after which the parties sit 

 down to the enjoyment of it, in- 

 voking a blessing from the Al- 

 mighty on themselves, tlieir houses 

 and their lands. Nothing moie 

 occurs until the expiration of a 

 thousand days ; when, if the me- 

 mory of the deceased is beloved 

 and cherished, the ceremony and 

 feast are repeated : otherwise no 

 fuitlier notice is taken. 



On questioning them I'egarding 

 the tenets of their religion, they 

 replied, that they believed in a 

 dewa, who was all powerful ; that 

 the term by ^vhich the dewa was 

 designated, was Bund Truko San- 

 gyang Deicoto Bator ; and that the 

 particulars of their worship were 

 contained in the book cal'ed Pan- 

 glawa, which they presented to 

 me. 



On being questioned regarding 

 the adat against adultery, theft 

 and other crimes, their reply was 



unanimous and ready ; that crimes 

 of the kind were unknown to 

 them, and that consequently no 

 punishment was fixed eithei' by 

 law or custom ; that if a man did 

 wrong the head of the village 

 chid him foi- it, the reproach of 

 which was always sufficient pu- 

 nishment for a man of Teng'gar. 

 'J ills account of their mural cha- 

 racter is ftdly Confirmed by the 

 Hegents of the districts nn :er 

 whose authoiity they are placed, 

 and also by the Residents. 'J'hey 

 literally seem to he almost with- 

 out crime. 'J hey are universally 

 peaeeaMe; interfere with no one; 

 neitlier quarrel among themselves. 

 It may be superfluous to add, that 

 they aie unacquainted witii the 

 vices of gaming and opium-smok- 



mg ! 



The iiggregate population 

 amounts to about twelve hun- 

 dred souls. They occupy, with- 

 out exception, the mosi Ijeautiftd, 

 rich and lomantic spots iu Java. 

 The thermoi^ieter, in their coun- 

 try, is frequently as low as 4'2°. 

 The summits and slopes of the 

 hills are covered with alpine firs, 

 and the vegetation couunon to a 

 European climate generally pre- 

 vails. 



Their language does not differ 

 much from the Japanese of the 

 jnesent day, though more guttu- 

 rally pronounced : in a compa- 

 lison of about a hundred words 

 of the vernacular Javanese, two 

 only ditt'ered. They do not inter- 

 marry nor mix with the people of 

 the low lands, priding themselves 

 on their independence and puiity 

 in this respect 



BALI. 



Passing fiom this last vestige 

 of the Hindu worship now re- 

 maining 



