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brute lying motionless. Altogether, it was not only 

 a cruel spectacle, but a stupid, uninteresting, and 

 disgusting one. 



We then returned to the palace, and sat down in 

 the centre of the hall to a splendid breakfast, or 

 rather a dinner, at one o'clock. A long table was 

 covered with a very handsome service of china, 

 glass, and plate, for about thirty persons, and the 

 entertainment consisted of soup, fish, flesh and fowl, 

 in infinite variety, succeeded by cakes, sweetmeats, 

 fruit, and abundance of French wine and English 

 ale and porter. The Sultan sat in the centre of 

 one side of the table, and the Resident opposite 

 him, and the whole was conducted quite in the style 

 of a European gentleman's house. The revenue of 

 the Sultan is about 8,000/. per annum, of which 

 4,000/. is derived from the rent of some birds'-nest 

 caves on the north side of the island. The western 

 half of the island of Madura is his patrimony, the 

 eastern being under the rule of the Panambuhan of 

 Sumenap, the same who is mentioned by Sir S. 

 Raffles with such commendation for his literary 

 attainments. 



About half-past one, and before breakfast was 

 over, it began to rain heavily, and continued for 

 three hours. This interval we were expected to 

 spend in a siesta, and everybody retired to his bed- 

 room. The resident officers drove off in their car- 

 riages, and the good-natured Sultan immediately 

 began pottering about, shewing us to our respective 



