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but attractive, and we were glad to have another orchestra of small 

 boys come to our porch and play for us almost every day we 

 remained. The instrument is simple and well shown in the figure, 

 and there are ten in a set sounding as many odtaves. It is held 

 by the two smaller sticks on the left hand and each player has one, 

 making his note by a skilful shake which produces a very clear 

 sound, almost bird-like. The little fellows seemed well pleased with 

 ten cents (Dutch) in compensation for several tunes and a dance. 



The roads were good and along the side were numerous bambu 

 receptacles for road metal, about 2x4x2 feet, and rather fragile, 

 judging by the number broken ; they were all numbered and the 

 weave of the basket work varied ; the convenient supply of repair 

 material perhaps accounted for the absence of holes and ruts in 

 the roadbed. The rice fields were connected, where a stream 

 parted them, by hollowed stems of palm trees, and we saw one of 

 these convenient troughs being adzed out by the roadside ; all the 

 chips were carefully collected for firewood. 



Garoet is surrounded by volcanoes, and the views on all sides 

 were charming, although often dimmed by mist and cloud ; several 

 of the volcanoes were very conical, but all covered with vegetation 

 to the top ; some of the larger ones reminded me of the mountains 

 back of Honolulu. Rice, as hitherto, was in all stages and many 

 fields were bare. Ducks of a fawn color were very abundant, and 

 goats were sufficiently in evidence to supply the neighbors with 

 milk. All along the road were restaurants of varied size and pro- 

 vision not very tempting to a foreigner. 



The previous afternoon we had been visited by numerous 

 sellers of curiosities carved from buffalo horn, of no especial use or 

 artistic value, sarongs, krisses and finely woven hats, some double, 

 an I cigarette cases. Best of all were the ten little boys with ank- 

 longs who serenaded us, when each in turn handed his "harp" to 

 his neighbor and danced in front in imitation of the female dancer — 

 a very funny show! Today the peddlers of all sorts of goods came, 

 proving to us that, although we beat down the prices outrageously, 

 we evidently had paid too much. 



Sept. 19. The first rainy morning we have had in Java: a 

 gentle rain that has laid the dust and promises to continue. We 

 have already found a part of our furnishing that we could not 



appreciate at first — our room bov. He comes and goes barefooted 



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