24 G DJOKJOKARTA. 



and even woman, carries. Many of these krisses, 

 from tlieir antiquity, are much appreciated, and often 

 fetch very high prices. The sheath is generally 

 covered with rhinoceros hide, which is likewise made 

 at Klaten. I was also shown some curious weapons 

 and utensils for various ])ur]^oses. 



The latter portion of the journey was mostly down- 

 hill, Djokjokarta standing only .360 feet above the 

 sea-level, and we reached that town about sunset, 

 where I had some difficulty in finding the small hotel, 

 which had not even a supper to offer. The capital of 

 Djokjo, on the banks of the Oepac, and near the base 

 of the Merapi, — a volcano rising abruptly to a height 

 of 8.500 feet, — has its fort, now occupied by Dutch 

 troo})S, and its Kraton, the residence of Sultan 

 (Hamangkoe Bouvono Seriopati Ingalogo Ngaodoer 

 Rachman Saidin Panatogomo) Kalifatolah VI. The 

 entile arrangement of the palace is much the same 

 as that at Soerakarta, only on a larger scale, and the 

 buildings more substantial, consisting of the usual 

 coui'ts, halls, and colonnades, as well as mosques, and 

 even the menagerie of wild beasts, without which 

 these, but half-civilized, rulers can apparently not 

 exist. They revel in cruelty ; and if they are 

 restrained from exercising that passion upon their 

 subjects they accept the alternative of ferocious beasts. 



