TO EXAMlNE thï: rëMains, &c. 17 



W^here we wcre accommodated with the open 

 liall on pillars in front,, with chairs and tables, 

 wliere we sat, wrote and eat -^Within^ a sleep ing 

 room and tolerable beds were allotted to each 

 on either side of a hall, where the family eat 

 their own meals under the auspices of th« hoge 

 painted Joss. 



21. — The evening was passcd after dinner in 

 writingour notes, and in Mr. Knops' takingdown 

 the traditionarj account of Buka Embok Lora- 

 Jongran^ as translated veibally bj one of the 

 younger Chinese, from a village-Maiitree wba 

 promised to bring a MSS. containing its historj 

 in the morning. It rained at night ; we slept 

 perfectly securC;, undisturbed by any appre- 

 hension of tbose disorders which so seriously 

 threatened the tranquillity of this country ia 

 December last. 



January 20, 1813. 

 22. — It rained in the morning, which prevent- 

 ed onr going out as intended till after break- 

 fast ; about nine it was still heavy, however, we 

 determined to procced, and instead of 2:oin«' to 

 the Temples on the Djo( jocarta róad, we were 

 conducted by our venerable Ciceroni and guide^ 

 througli the paddy fields totliesouth of Bramba- 



