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Sunda, where we anchored off the little town of 

 Anjer on August 19th. In passing the southern 

 part of the island of Lingin I saw a group of moun- 

 tains, in shape resembling those of the Malay pen- 

 insula, and apparently 4000 or 5000 feet in height. 

 We stayed a day at Anjer. The interior of Java at 

 this end looked almost as grand and beautiful as 

 that of the part we had before travelled over. The 

 mountains though not so lofty, were much closer on 

 the sea. 



We saw here in the evening a marriage proces- 

 sion of the poorer classes, which I will briefly de- 

 scribe, as I forgot to do so when speaking of our 

 stay in Sourabaya. Two men came first beating 

 a kind of drum, then came several men carrying 

 a frame-work that was covered with garlands of 

 flowers, and lighted up with tapers. Next to these 

 came the bride and bridegroom ; he was in his 

 gayest clothes, his face, neck, and hands smeared 

 with yellow paste.* The bride was ornamented 

 with chaplets of flowers, and on each side were 

 several bridesmaids similarly ornamented. Behind 

 these walked a troop of girls, each carrying a small 

 lighted taper and screaming at the top of her voice, 

 and then came a crowd of boys and young men, all 

 singing. 



I here close my narrative, since an account of 



* In the Sandwich islands yellow was the royal colour, none 

 but the king being allowed to wear a cloak altogether yellow. 

 See Ellis's Polynesian Researches, vol. 4, page 157. 



