222 The National Geographic Magazine 



Photo from J. S. Chandler 



TF,PPAKUI,AM OR RAPT TANK, MADUPA 



upheld by three parallel rows of pillars 

 supporting arches some 26 feet high. On 

 the fourth side of the court the cloister 

 is much deeper and finer, being alto- 

 gether 105 feet wide, supported on five 

 rows of huge pillars and roofed with 

 three great domes. The central and 

 largest dome measures 60 feet in diam- 

 eter and is 73 feet above the ground, and 

 has in front of it a superb portico, the pil- 

 lars of which are 55 feet to the spring of 

 the arches. 



Originally this domed cloister consti- 

 tuted the public reception hall, and in its 

 center stood a square building of black 

 granite inclosing a chamber made of 

 ivory. Within this chamber, again, there 

 was a jeweled throne, on which the king 

 was accustomed to take his seat at the 

 great nine-nights festival, surrounded by 

 all his banners or ensigns of royalty, and 

 before which all kings were accustomed 

 to do homage. 



With this cloister as a specimen, we 

 can accept the judgment of Father Pro- 

 enza, a Jesuit who wrote from Madura 



in 1659, that the colossal proportions and 

 astonishing boldness of the royal palace 

 in Madura recalled the ancient monu- 

 ments of Thebes. 



THE BEAR HUNT 



REPLYING to the numerous in- 

 quiries from readers as to the health 

 of Dr Penrose, whose adventure with a 

 grizzly was described in the National 

 Geographic Magazine; for February, we 

 have much pleasure in saying that Dr 

 Penrose has now entirely recovered his 

 former strength and vigor and has al- 

 ready made plans for considerable hunt- 

 ing when the season opens. 



In a letter to this Magazine Dr Pen- 

 rose says that one of the most interesting 

 features of his experience was the ab- 

 sence of pain "when being chewed by a 

 bear. I have read that Livingstone had 

 the same experience when chewed by a 

 lion. Men rarely suffer pain with sud- 

 den traumatism. What pain I had came 

 on some hours after the injury." 



