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in the same place, one being held also on each of 

 the other days in some neighbouring market-place 

 within a particular district, the whole recurring in 

 regular order in a cycle of five days, according to 

 an ancient native custom. In a populous district 

 the market-places are about seven miles distant from 

 each other, often in uninhabited places, at spots 

 conveniently accessible from the neighbouring towns 

 and villages. They are now regulated by the Dutch 

 Government, and tolls are paid which are generally 

 farmed by Chinese. 



When we had satisfied our curiosity we returned 

 to the neighbouring wissel-post, where we found Mr. 

 Dickelman's carriage waiting us, he having been so 

 kind as to send it from Malang. By this means we 

 escaped a wetting, as the usual afternoon rain set in 

 before we reached our hotel. In the evening, when 

 it had cleared off, we went to wait on him at his 

 own house. This was on the south side of the 

 central square, or green, of the town, surrounded 

 by a garden and pleasure grounds. He introduced 

 us to his wife and family, and we were surprised at 

 the healthy and animated appearance of his chil- 

 dren ; they had fresh rosy complexions, very diffe- 

 rent from the pallid faces of children usually seen 

 in tropical climates. 



As the conversation fell on the ruins we had 

 visited in the morning, he took us into his grounds 

 and shewed us a great variety of statues, and figures 

 on slabs in alto-relievo, and stones covered with 



