Report of a Journey Ai-ouyid the U^or/d. i6i 



we were uot troubled by dust. Oue thing was noteworthy, the 

 paucity of churches, temples or mosques : we saw only one little 

 chapel (closed however) in our extensive ride. 



In the native quarter we saw many stru(5lures of a better class, 

 but still built of bambu and rather untidy, by no means so neat as 

 those at Buitenzorg. The roads were good, generally wide, and 

 often bordered by the buttressed Canarium trees so popular here, 

 although not indigenous. The bridges were most substantial 

 structures of iron and concrete, and a credit to the Government. 

 All along the streets in the native part were peddlers of food, cloth- 

 ing, utensils, etc. Jackfruit, whole or cut in wedges, was very 

 common and often of great size; it must be liked by the people. 

 It was dangerous for some of the eager purchasers of this street 

 ware, as an auto rushed b}^ blowing not only its legitimate horn 

 but with an assistant blowing a louder horn at frequent intervals, 

 but the natives all good-naturedly hurried to get out of the wa^^ of 

 the monster, although the paards were often excited to bad man- 

 ners, and even the placid buffalo seemed perturbed, while how the 

 chickens escaped death was marvellous. High walls were common 

 in some parts, built solidly of concrete and whitened , and we passed 

 higher walls not whitened and of more ancient look which enclosed 

 the Kraton or Sultan's domain. We saw the Resident's cantoor 

 (public office), then that of the assistant Resident, and, finally, 

 directly opposite the palace, the extensive and comfortable resi- 

 dence of the Resident, a most important man. His garden was 

 well stocked with relics of the old temples, and over many of the 

 Buddha images were placed the common native umbrellas. In 

 various parts of the town are almost enough figures and fragments 

 to reconstruct Boroboedoer. In one shop were many wajangs or 

 puppets,' but I looked in vain for any of the instruments of the 

 gamelan or native orchestra. It is interesting to note that in this 

 relic of the ancient sultanate the style of batik is different from 

 that in vogue at Garoet ; so is the music, the anklong being absent, 

 and a medley of gong and xylophone taking its place. About 6:30 

 we descended from our mylord at the door of our apartment in the 

 Toegoe. A good dinner soon put us to sleep, and we found the 

 night quiet and cool, although we had no blanket as at Garoet. 



'For a full account of the curious Javan marionettes see De JVaJaug 

 Poeriva, eena eth^wlogische Studie door. L. Serrurier. Leiden, 1896. 

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