24^ NARRA.TÏVE OF A JOURNEY 



Batu Tulis he had originallj mentioned, and au 

 amateur can only feel anj sensation similar to our's^ 

 on iinding at lasta monument in our reach> that 

 promised to throvv the light of written evidence oa 

 these interesting remains. — ït was in faet to all 

 intents ci real Hindu Sassanum, of grey granite, 

 a stone not observed in Java, co^red with char- 

 acters in fair and legible letters of the real 

 Devanagri. Unfortunatelv ït had been broken 

 into three pieces, and one of them was missing, 

 but it is presumed enough remained to discoyer 

 or lead to something bejond mere hints, if these 

 characters contain any of the languages of In- 

 dia. I had fortunatelj oiled paper with me^ and 

 the draftsman was instantly set to work to take 

 the Fac Simile, as soon as thedifficulty of getting 

 some Chunam was overcome ; meantime the 

 Natives sought with assiduity, stimulated by a 

 promised gratuity, for the rest of the inscription, 

 and though they were not lucky enough to find 

 it, their toil was rewarded by two small biocks 

 inscribed with characters apparently of the same 

 kind. 



The weather still continuing heavy and the 

 sun obscured with some prospect of rain, we fol- 

 iowed our Conductor to the hills that lie south 

 of Brambana. in quest of aGoa, or Cavern, a$ 



