104 RUINS OF SINGH A SARI. 



About seven miles from Malang, we came to a 

 wissel-post, with the usual large shed over the road, 

 and just beyond we passed a large market on our 

 right hand, and a large native house in a court-yard 

 on our left. At the gate of this was a native chief, 

 with attendants, who, the instant we passed, mounted 

 and followed us, and we found he was the Widono 

 of the district to whose care we had been consigned. 



Just beyond this we turned to the left, leaving the 

 high road for a grassy lane, leading towards a wood. 

 At each side as we turned off was a large stone 

 covered with an inscription, probably in the old 

 Javanese or Kawi character. In less than half a 

 mile from the main road we reached the, ruins of 

 Singha sari. These, of course, it is impossible for 

 me to describe after merely one hasty visit, nor have 

 I the knowledge of Hindoo mythology which would 

 be necessary to understand them, or make them 

 intelligible to the reader. They stand scattered at 

 the edge of a wood, the recesses of which may con- 

 ceal others. There were six principal erections of 

 hewn stone, besides the base of a circular tower, 

 and many large and small figures and fragments of 

 sculpture and statuary scattered about. Three of 

 these buildings were temples of similar form to those 

 of Djago and Kedal, but less elaborately orna- 

 mented. They were quadrangular, rising by suc- 

 cessive stages to a shrine at top, in which were 

 statues of a large size, but more or less defaced. 

 The base of the largest of these buildings measured 



