1.56 TAKE LEAVE OF THE SULTAN. 



and were carrying away and packing in two great 

 wooden chests the puppets that had been used. The 

 Sultan came to meet us, having been all night en- 

 gaged with the play, which had altogether lasted 

 for ten mortal hours, during the whole of which 

 time the same gamelang had played, the same man 

 moved the puppets and recited the story. As soon 

 as we were all assembled and had drunk a cup of 

 coffee, we took a grateful leave of the Sultan and 

 his family, and then mounting our carriages, re- 

 turned in the same order as we had come, and 

 finding the barge ready for us, crossed over in it, 

 and reached Sourabaya at ten o'clock. 



Dec. 14. — I had been hard at work hitherto, 

 during the time when I was not making excursions, 

 in sorting, arranging, re-labelling, and packing up 

 my specimens, which to-day I fortunately finished 

 in time to go by a ship about to sail for England. 

 I now hoped to have some leisure to make inquiries 

 on many points concerning which I felt an interest, 

 and which I could only hope to learn on the spot. 

 I also hoped to be able to visit the ruins of Majo- 

 pahit, and re-examine the tombs at Gresik, when I 

 unfortunately was attacked with fever. I mention 

 this, partly to excuse and account for the incom- 

 pleteness of many pieces of information in the fore- 

 going sketches, and partly to describe the origin 

 and the effects of the fever itself. On the 13th, 

 after a hard day's work packing up, I went off to 

 dine on board the ship, and about nine o'clock, 



