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amidst it all were groups of women and children, got 

 up in all the colours of the rainbow, as far as the little 

 clothing, they cover themselves with, admits of They 

 were admirably posed, and so were the Imperial body- 

 guards and warriors in little knots, dressed in ancient 

 costume, and carrying bows and arrows. Their arms 

 and breasts were stained with saffron, and a short 

 sarong, striped brown and yellow, reaching to the knee ; 

 but, instead of hanging straight down petticoat-fashion, 

 here it fell round the loins in graceful folds, one end 

 of it made to hang down in front closely plaited and 

 almost touching the ground. A broad coloured belt 

 confined the sarong in the waist, and a head-dress 

 consisting of a brown handkerchief tied at the back in 

 an enormous stiff bow of triangular shape, — rather like 

 that worn by the Vierlander Madchen, selling violets 

 in the streets of Hamburg, — enhanced the droll effect 

 of their attire, whilst banners and flags added their 

 quota to the mass of brilliant colour. To complete the 

 picture we must imagine the sweet strains of music 

 performed by invisible artists, hidden in different parts 

 of the garden, and above all the cloudless sky and 

 bright sunshine lighting up the scene. 



The Emperor (Paku Saidin Panatogomo) Susuhunan 

 IX., a rigid, well-proportioned man of thirty- three, 

 looking quite his age, who hardly moved a muscle of 



