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of the natives is, or anyhow was, strictly prohibited 

 ten years ago. 



It may here be interesting to compare the dimen- 

 sions of Boro-Bodo with those of the Pyramid of 

 Gizeh : the latter is 756 feet long each face, against 

 400 feet; and 4 80 feet high, against 120 feet of the 

 former. We may well ask, what record of civilization 

 in modern times, to say nothing of monuments of such 

 vast dimensions, do late generations leave after two 

 or three hundred years' occupation of the island ? 

 Alas ! they are soon summed up, two words suffice to 

 give the result, — " sugar and coffee." 



I had been fortunate in the weather clearing up 

 whilst visiting this interesting spot ; but, soon after 

 leaving it, the sun took his final departure for the day, 

 and, for fear of being benighted, and also to throw off 

 the chill which I felt creeping over me, my clothes 

 being nearly saturated, I trotted off as fast as the 

 deep mud would let me to reach the carriage Ijelow ; 

 still, owing to the wretched condition of the road, and 

 its hilly nature, requiring frequent relays of oxen, it 

 was eight o'clock before I arrived at Magellang, 

 thirty-five miles north of Djokjokarta, and about the 

 same distance south of Samarang. One can hardly 

 imagine a prettier place than this, celebrated for its 



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