SULTAN OF DJOKJO. 247 



The Sultan, short and stout, and evidently a hon- 

 vivant, was attired much in the same fashion as his 

 neighbour, with the addition of a peculiar ornament 

 attached to his ears in the shape of a rosette, sur- 

 mounted by a leaf pointing upwards, and incrusted 

 with diamonds, strongly resembling ass's ears, 

 meaning no disrespect to His Majesty, who is rather 

 intelligent than otherwise. The Dutch Resident, 

 who had held his post for many years, took me over 

 the ruins of an old fortified palace, commenced by 

 the first, and finished during the reign of the second 

 Sultan of Djokjo. It was called Chateau d'Eau, or 

 its synonym in the Javanese tongue, and its last 

 occupier was the present ruler's grandfather : it 

 consists of a mass of solid masonry surrounded by a 

 broad moat, now dry, bearing the appearance of an 

 extensive fort, with several inner lines of defence 

 made accessible by tunnels. There were also double 

 roofed gateways, built of brick and covered with 

 cement, connected by long winding avenues of splen- 

 did trees. The immense extent of these ruins, 

 embodying pavilions and galleries, now covered with 

 vegetation, from moss and ferns to large trees which 

 had taken root in the crevices, had an exceedingly 

 pleasing and picturesque effect. It was here that 

 the then Sultan defied the Dutch army from 1825 



