18 JAVANESE PANDOPO. 



in some respects from the common Javanese. Java, 

 indeed, is properly the name of only the eastern 

 part of the island, the western half being Sunda : 

 people at Batavia would talk of going to Java when 

 they were going to Sourabaya, or any other part of 

 the eastern division of the island. The Malay lan- 

 guage is only commonly spoken in the large towns 

 on the coast, especially the sea-ports; but the Dutch 

 oblige all the native authorities to learn Malay, as 

 it is the tongue used in all public transactions be- 

 tween them. 



At eleven o'clock, hearing that the Assistant- 

 resident had returned, we went to wait on him, 

 and were received with great civility. He made 

 quite light of the passport matter, and said it should 

 be all arranged and sent after us along our route. 

 We then went to call on the Regent, or native 

 authority. We drove into a court-yard, in the 

 centre of which was one of the great sheds so fre- 

 quently used in Java, called a " pandopo." This is 

 a roof either of tiles, or more commonly of wood, 

 covered with a thatch of matting called " atop," 

 made of the leaves of a palm, raised to a height of 

 twelve or sixteen feet, on stout wooden posts or pil- 

 lars, with a raised floor commonly of brick. It is 

 open at the sides, except a partial railing of matting 

 about three or four feet high, and sometimes blinds 

 or curtains of matting or split cane are rolled up 

 under the eaves, and can be let down at pleasure at 

 any part, to exclude the sun or the rain. These 



