38 TRAVELS IN THE EAST INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



of this hall into smaller rooms, each of which was fur- 

 nished with a straw carpet, and in the centre a small, 

 square Brussels carpet, on which was a table orna- 

 mented with carved-work, and surrounded with a row 

 of richly-cushioned chairs. Along the sides were sim- 

 ilar chairs and small, gilded tables. On the walls 

 hung large steel engravings, among which I noticed 

 Uvo frequently seen in our own land : " The Moham- 

 medan's Paradise," and one of two female figures 

 personifying the past and the future. In front of the 

 palace the grounds were tastefully laid out as small 

 lawns and flower-plats, bordered with a shrub filled 

 with red leaves. An accurate idea of the harmonious 

 proportions of this beautiful palace is given in the 

 accompanying cut. It is the richest residence owned 

 by any native prince in the whole East Indian Ar- 

 chipelago. 



The Rahden at the time was in the adjoining 

 grounds, which he is now forming into large zoo- 

 logical gardens for the government at Batavia. 

 When a youth, he was sent to Holland, and educated 

 at the expense of the Dutch Government. While 

 there, he acquired a good command of the German 

 and French languages, was received as a distinguished 

 guest at all the courts, and associated with the lead- 

 ing literati. In this manner he became acquainted 

 with Eugene Sue, who was then at work on his 

 " Wandering Jew," and — as is generally believed — 

 at once chose the Rahden as a model for his " East- 

 ern prince," one of the most prominent characters in 

 that book. But it is chiefly as a landscape-painter 

 that the Rahden is most famous. A few years ago 



